The numbers all along are staggering. six hundred thousand Gazans and two hundred thousand Israelis don’t know if they will ever have a home to go back to. And now people are asking me if I want to take a little trip for a while until things clear up here. The very thought of leaving home at a time of stress drives me mad, so you can imagine the feelings of the people who are leaving their secure places to avoid being killed.
internal refugees – oct 15, 2023 Read Post »
People are complaining here that the news channels are not giving information, but just sit around speculating. I think they don’t realize that they are just filling the air waiting for something important that they can talk about that won’t help the enemy.
But at least they’re sympathetic when they speak to victims and shell-shocked witnesses and families. Apparently no one can get in touch with people in charge and if they do manage to get hold of one, the response is cold and unsympathetic. I guess they’re too busy trying to do their job.
Witholding information is essential. A few days ago an old friend who now lives abroad called to ask how we were. “Where are your kids? In the military. “where are they stationed?” I’m not going to tell you, I said. And I heard my voice and couldn’t believe the defensiveness.
I know no one is supposed to give out information over the web that would be useful to the enemy, conversations included – but suddenly to have to be suspicious with an old friend? How sad.
What a terrible thing after years of isolation with covid not to talk to friends, not to commiserate…
There are numerous
let’s not talk straight – oct 15, 2023 Read Post »
This is the week that the Bible reading begins over again. We start with the creation of the world. So how does it go?
not so peaceful saturday – oct 14, 2023 Read Post »
Demonstrations today dividing Jews and Arabs – most dont reflect the way we feel about each other. This one reflects the way I feel.
what they say – oct 14, 2023 Read Post »
I didn’t want my kids here for dinner – home is more comforting even though we have a shelter and Orit does not. They stand in the hall, because the walls are more solid by the elevator, even though they are under a square of sunlight. Dalia has a security room, that we’ve used to hide in on occasion when we got caught in a siren. But her husband has been called up, and her son is in the army, so she has enough to deal with. And Oren came the other night to comfort us. So we invited a friend who lives alone.
The rocket came after she left and I called her first to see if she had gotten out of the road and safely home before the mess. She had, and wanted to chat, but I had to check out the kids first. Got to get back to her.
But I decided to watch “The Russians are coming” so i could fall asleep….
friday night – oct 14, 2023 Read Post »
Busy night. I don’t think we’ll be sleeping at all. A bomb here, a bomb there, and there goes any possibility of dreaming.
And strangely I keep thinking that I have a twin sister in Gaza who has the same heart as I have. She too thinks this may be the last night of her life.
insomnia – oct 14, 2023 Read Post »
