Never laugh at the tragedy of others. Everyone I spoke with today agreed with me about that, even after we made some kind of joke like ‘turn down that page.’ We weren’t kidding about using this method of targeting specific Hizbullah pages instead of full out warfare – we just want them to stop planning our destruction.
never Laugh at another’s Tragedy – 9.18.24 Read Post »
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when I first heard about the exploding pagers in Lebanon I thought that this could be the chance for some of the people in the border towns to go home again. And then the threats started coming in.
I’m an old lady, and although I’m used to the threats, and have endured them for decades, I am frightened for the perfect grandchildren – especially for the fourteen year old medic-in-training.
Expecting Revenge -9.17.24 Read Post »
We’re trying to do normal things. Of course we go to the beach – this is the best time of the year for swimming in a calm, warm sea. But today we also stopped on the way back from the cardiologist to buy kitchen chairs. What fun to go to an enormous warehouse and try out every table and chairs, pretending each display is part of your pretend house. In every setup we tried different identities and situations and meals.
I came home very hungry, so we had lunch in our meager kitchen and are off the beach.
whoops sorry – because today was the first major rain, running through all the pipes to the sea after a long summer, the sea is now filthy and we can’t swim there yet. So we’ll just walk on the beach –
and try to ignore all the little explosions in Lebanon – so many people killed and wounded…
Then we will go to demonstrate.
rationing News – 9.17.24 Read Post »
last week three ladies went to the synagogue that Yuli Edelstein attends and put flyers with pictures of the hostages on the seats. The next day they were arrested, handcuffed and charged. They were sentenced to five days of house arrest. Here’s the most neutral article I’ve seen.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-820045
I don’t know who called the cops – it wasn’t the synagogue or the people who were there at the time. But they were summoned.
I am ashamed I didn’t tell you about it – but I was also ashamed it could happen in Israel. And when Edelstein himself backed the decision, I was mortified.
But in a time of war I try not to say too many bad things about us. My friend Pam put the incident in the proper place:
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/really-yuli-edelstein-really/
ladies and Pamphlets – 9.16.24 Read Post »
With war on seven fronts, Bibi has decided to fire the commander-in-chief and put in place some one with no experience in the military. This is reason for a revolution. Will we have the nerve? I for one shudder when I think of demonstrating right now – I am too frail. And yet, I can’t imagine where else in the world I could be in a situation like this.
So on the one hand we are making appointments for flu shots and on the other hand we’re updating our wills and making sure there are copies available to all.
7 Fronts – 9.16.24 Read Post »
Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon (Iran) – they’re all shooting at us. Our government is crazier than ever. And I’m watching Alfred Hitchcock. I’m at the point where escape is the only alternative.
from every direction – Read Post »
Someone asked me today if I have no sympathy for the Gazans. And my heart would be full of sympathy if they hadn’t be causing us such grief and pain. We tell each other about this all the time – making our own lives even more miserable – but the desperation doesn’t get out to the world. I don’t have the exact numbers because some have left the country, some have found alternative lives elsewhere, but most of them have simply lost their souls. My friend up north has begun to realize that she will never get back home, because even if there is a cease fire she is no longer capable of maintaining herself. The blank looks of the people sitting in hotel lobbies haunt me.
In zooms, in the places in Israel untouched by rockets and trauma I see normal people, some scared, some scarred, some holding on, and some even optimistic about tomorrow. But I don’t see that anyone outside this country knows about it.
oh yes, Sinyuar knows.
sympathy – 9.14.24 Read Post »
in common – 9.13.24
What do Arabs and Jews in this neighborhood have in common right now? Fear. The mafia grenade that ignited a car that ignited a shop in Ramla is just the latest disaster visited on the poor Arab community. I can’t forget what happened to Naim Araidi’s son in Maghrar.
We should be taking care of every single person in the country, and we’re not taking care of anyone, especially not the Arab population.
We’re also not taking care of ourselves, and it is pretty clear that our country is being run by very unstable people and we are in trouble.
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