israeli politics

What are the chances we will reopen the good fence to Lebanon?  Remember how great it was when you could walk across and buy stuff?  Remember the people who came over the border to work here?  I’m thinking I’d love to be able to pass some of the medicines that saved our lives over that fence to people there.  And it’s just past Ricky’s house – a short walk to Lebanon.

july 9 – the good fence Read Post »

israeli politics

As we waved farewell to 700, 000 vaccinations, now on their way to South Korea, we started to get ready for another few months of home base. Boosters for the un-immune haven’t been improved yet.

I do understand why the Palestinians rejected the gift of health – 1. they don’t trust us and maybe we deserved that in the past 2. they want another chance to show the world how evil we are. But our hospitals have been full of Palestinians who came here for treatments – including their highest leaders. Then, they trusted us. But they don’t mention that. Yechi Sinwar is only alive because of the months he spent in treatment here.  And I will bet anything that he, himself, has been vaccinated. 

It’s not the Palestinians I’d mad at – it’s the leaders.  I don’t care how much they want to kill us, but why should they die needlessly?

july 9, 2021 – vaccinations Read Post »

blog, my life in tel aviv

because everyone is in the country, because it is considered ‘safer’ here, there is no room to move. We went to the pool this morning – me and a granddaughter – no room to swim. we want to meet some friends in the afternoon – but we have to be very careful about the hours because of the traffic. The streets around us are all dug up in anticipation of the improved public transportation system, so the local cars are all lined up on our street trying to get out.

We couldn’t go to the park as a family because the puppy is still not totally vaccinated and not even leashed-trained, and the park had other families entertaining their dogs.

But of course, I exaggerate our complaints. We’re not in Tokyo, we don’t have tickets to Tokyo, and we personally don’t have any variants at the moment. Despite the dilapidated appearance of our building, it hasn’t fallen down, or been blown up. We haven’t contributed to the automobile pollution because we barely use our only car, and we Will find some way to help people in Lebanon.

And of course, since our news programs aren’t saying anything about all the crises in the world and here, we’re pretending things are fine – just fine.

july 8, 2021 – grandchildren and dog Read Post »

israeli politics

I happened to catch the tail end of a talk our Minister of Defence, Benny Ganz, talking about the food crisis in Lebanon just now, and how we have to find a way to help. But when I tried to find out more, I wasn’t successful. There are articles such as this one. https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/lebanon-declared-hunger-hotspot-by-humanitarian-organisations-1.1191277. But we have to find a way to help. I’ll get back to you on this.

Ganz has proposed helping through Unifil – the article is in Hebrew. Now I found it in English.

But is there no way to get food directly across the border? We’re so close… Hizballah would do everything to prevent it, but – there must be a way.

july 6, 2021 – hunger in lebanon Read Post »

israeli politics

yes. i have lost it. Recurring infections finally got me down. I recognized the symptoms of the same infections that hospitalized me 14 months ago and although it was caught in time, the consequences of such strong medication in a time of such heat were totally debilitating. I had to cancel my life.

Except for one main goal – getting a booster for Ezi so he can start getting back to a normal existence. Right now he has no antibodies and if he catches the virus the consequences are serious. But so far no luck. And maybe the booster is dangerous anyway. We’ve been through the round of doctors and friends who could help but noone has any ideas, and probably they are busy with their own corona conflicts, so there is nothing to do but stay at home for another few months.

Okay, enough kvetching for the day. Tomorrow, as they say, will bring a solution, or a conclusion.

july 6, 2021 – lost it Read Post »

israeli politics

We used to spend every Fourth of July at the Ambassador’s, eating hotdogs and drinking coke. But they moved to Jerusalem and sold the house on the sea, and we stopped getting invitations anyway. So I can’t even feel the celebration of democracy that always made me very emotional in the past. It’s different than Independence Day here, which is about the creation of an independent state and less about the concept of independence.

I don’t miss the fireworks, though. Fireworks always make me look for shelter.

july 4, 2021 – no fireworks Read Post »