I’ve had to take a break from the news – Just the fact that the terrible situation of the poor Gazans could be relieved if only the hostages would be released.  I think of the girls who are in their fifth month already, the 134 hostages – how many are still alive – and I can’t bear fighting  the ignorance, the indifference, the blind hatred.  Sure, we have done so many things wrong I can’t begin to count them, but we were the ones attacked, we were the ones too stunned to figure out what to do at first, and now we’re getting blamed for all the troubles in the world.  This is a great country and it deserves all the defence it can get, but I need time out. I’m going out to the desert tomorrow for the day.