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CNN on bombing lebanon - 9.21.24

My friends in Sfat are religious, so they sign off reporting on the bombings of their town o Frieday afternoon, but other friends in other places report that the rockets are unceasing, and although they are told to continue with their lives but stay close to a shelter, they are not feeling very safe.  

So I turn on CNN – and they spent the whole time talking about the fact that we’re bombing Lebanon.  How strange that the reality I live is antithetical to what I see on TV.

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blowing up the world - 9.20.24

it has occurred to me that since Hizballah has so far fired more than 200 rockets at oue northern settlements and we are in turn bombing Beirut,

We are sitting in Manta Ray on the beach, watching the sun set, eating amazing fish, and celebrating every moment we’ve got – knowing there may not be many more evenings like this in this part of the world.  

I’m sure I’m not the only one who is thinking at this very moment that the people like me in Beirut are not sitting in restaurants on the beach.

Before the entire world blows up, let’s get this war over with.

 

 

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brink - 9.19.24

anything can happen now. we’re on the brink of total chaos or maybe a little surcease, but I – I just keep smiling.  Stiff upper lip and all that.  life goes on and all that.  It goes on in a strange way – with a sense of fear – for ourselves, for others.  

And yet, you continue to buy underwear, to wash your car, maybe to go out for lunch, to make love, to sing, to read, to encourage others to go on living “normal” lives.   You go to cafes, plays, movies.  Some people feel guiltyour job is to  they are living when so many people are dying, when towns are burning, but I really believe that we are doing the right thing.

 

 

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never laugh at someone's tragedy - 9.18.24

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.  

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expecting Revenge - 9.17.24

https://www.timesofisrael.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=12&theday=2024-09-17

 

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.  

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Rationing News - 9.17.24

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.

 

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Ladies and Pamphlets - 9.16.24

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/

 

 

 

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7 Fronts - 9.16.24

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.

 

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