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all day long - 29.7.25

we were supposed to have a lovely day at the museum, lunch, the optomologist, and then maybe a movie. 

But it went the other way.  It began when I went to the health clinic to return the holter (results next week).  Ezi wasn’t feeling well and asked for an EKG.  This led to cancelling the morning  and going home to consider what to do.  That led to a consultation with the doctor that led to the emergency room. 

And then, since Ezi was actually feeling better,  for the rest of the day I got to admire the brand new triage center while he went through a series of tests.  It was quite amazing because in the many times I have been to the emergency ward, it was always chaotic and a bit frightening.  With the new triage center, it was fast, efficient, and not at all unpleasant.  

To tell the truth the ‘pleasant’ part was due in part to the fact that the section we were in dealt only with ambulatory patients, which made speed much more possible.  

So the only real wait was the waiting for blood test results.  The exam, tests, etc went speedily along like a conveyor belt, and he came through exactly as he had entered.  with no changes, no medication, no instructions.  

At least it kept us off the streets and away from the news.

 

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hunger - 7.28.25

It’s basically all we talked about all day.  All we wrote about.  “Is it possible,” a strange woman asked me in the health clinic., “that we are responsible for this?”  “Doesn’t matter.  Right now what matters is to stop greater tragedies,”  I found myself answering.  The fact that the world is blaming us isn’t the issue.  The issue is how do we alleviate the situation.  We’ve tried to distribute food and were overwhelmed by crowding masses.  What we didn’t do was set up closed-off allocation areas, so we control who gets in and at what rate.  And at a much earlier date.  It would have been so much easier if we had been able to work logically – but we’ve lost our heads.   

 

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morality - 7.28.25

I wonder if people in Germany tried to demonstrate against Hitler.  For us it seems we have not been able to prevent the mess this country has made in Gaza.  Nothing we do sways the government from its stupid activities.  Perhaps it is not our fault that there are Gazans starving but we are definitely responsible for righting the situation.  I am horrified by the fact that there are politicians who remind us how terrible it is to aid the enemy at a time of war, when we are the ones guarding the borders.  I remember the fields and orchards in Gaza, the bustling fruit and vegetable markets, the herds of goats and sheep.  They seem to be all gone now – and it doesn’t matter who started this round or who is keeping the food for private use.  All of us are guilty now.

 

 

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hunger - 7.25.25

Nothing makes sense.  Hamas is feasting in the tunnels, ready to fight until the last child dies of hunger – and people still support Hamas?

And this is our fault – that we’re not sufficiently feeding the people who keep trying to murder us?  

Of course I have no respect for this government, but I think it is in a stupid situation.

And one of the reasons is that we haven’t had the time to deal with our goals what with all the petty infighting we’re doing.

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art - 7.24.25

Lately, we’ve been going to galleries – openings of new shows, retrospectives, etc.  I haven’t been inspired by much, although I usually love art.  I usually blame myself, or Ezi, who whipped through an exhibit tonight faster than I’ve ever seen him go.  But it is the art as well – looking for a way to deal with the fresh hell we are served with every day.  

Today was particularly hard for me.  It was at the entrance to the Artists’ House that the news came that Witkoff declared Hamas uninterested in negotiations, and the talks would now stop.

what cares about art when hope for the hostages has just disappeared?  And what artist would dare hold a mirror to our dispair? 

 

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Caves and cars - 7.23.25

Why we decided to leave all the work on our desks and drive to Beit Govrin I don’t know.  Maybe it was the idea of leaving our troubles behind, maybe it was the idea of escaping the heat in the caves…who knows.  We went.  

What we forgot was that the caves are cool and exciting  but getting to the caves means going through incredible heat.  Yet there is something incredibly inspiring in the caves. 

in many ways…

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The problem was getting home.  By the time we headed back it was a bit later and we got into a jam – which turned out to be the charadim blocking the highway.  They looked healthy and powerful enough to be great soldiers, but the draft they revile might endanger their way of life.  The problem is their way of life endangers our lives.

 

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