israeli politics

Where are they - 7.6.25

Some of my Israeli friends who live abroad have been giving me flak about my lack of ability to change Israel’s government  policies – “Why aren’t you demonstrated more? Why are you allowing the government to condemn Aiman Odeh, for example?”  And here is my answer to them –  “Where are you? Why didn’t you come back here to vote? ”  In the last elections I begged my  Israeli friends to come back to vote, and their answer was they weren’t living here so they didn’t really have the right to affect Israeli policy.  Now they must see that Israeli policy affects them wherever they are.  The fact that so many of my friends who left this country before the elections were in the opposition and left in protest of the government’s policies – has come back to bite them as well as me.  I hate to use this page to criticize people or politics, but I really miss all the people who left me – I miss their energies and their ideals – energies and ideals that have been buried and lost around the world.

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testing the waters - 7.5.25

My first time in the sea this year.  A taste of freedom.  Even though there are stinging medusas in the water.  We hadn’t even eaten at our favorite beach place yet.

Ezi took this while I was in the sea.  And I don’t know which one of us enjoyed himself more.  Maybe, just maybe, Iran will leave us alone and we can get back to revelling in the joy of Tel Aviv.

 

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Read it there - 7.2.25

I wanted to write something about the reason we’re not talking much about our experiences with the half-ton rockets smashing into our lives, but then I remembered I promised a piece for First of the Month, and so I wrote it and sent it there.  It should come out tomorrow and I’ll add the link.

 

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another visit from yemen - 7.1.25

We were sitting with friends, considering the possibility of a vacation on a cruise, when the phones started sounding off about a rocket on the way.  The party broke up as we began to descend the staircase, and joined some of the neighbors in the hall.  

It was soon over – the rocket was shot down –  but we didn’t speak more of vacations.

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the challah - 7.1.25

It was the only visible symbol of our recognition that the ceasefire had given us a sense of relief.  No where else is there a sign.  In the past weeks it became apparent that there is no public shelter in our neighborhood and there was an outcry.  Now it’s over and forgotten.  No one is talking about it any more.  It’s the old “Arkansas Traveller” syndrome.   

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Calming down - 6.30.25

Since my friends who don’t live here think we’re calming down around here, I thought I’d straighten out the picture.  Lots of people are in denial, but lots of people are also expecting a big revenge for embarassing a great country.  

Vesuvius is acting up, scary earthquakes in Japan, Iran is putting itself together with some big help from their friends, and our US buddies are as tired as we are.

sleep well.

 

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