Trying to clear my head
Yesterday we left Metulla after a week at home and it felt great and weird at the same time. 50 residents of Metulla (and 250 residents of northern Israel) got complimentary free tickets to a show called "One", which is preformed by one of the top female singers of Israel (if not the best), and a over a hundred dancers, actors, acrobats etc. This show is supposed to be comparable to Celine Dion's Vegas show. The show was truly breathtaking and 'right on the money' in regards to what we all needed after almost a month in this war. It was a great change of scenery and as Rita, the singer was saying, it took our minds off of reality for very brief couple of hours.
My mom was supposed to have a huge party for her 50th birthday yesterday. She planned a big Hebrew 'sing-along' with a good friend who's going to lead the night with his accordion. The birthday party was planned months ago and over 100 guests were invited. Now the party is postponed indefinitely and I'm probably going to miss it since I have to go back to school soon.
This everyday reality of missiles ruining entire northern Israel still amazes me. Thousands of houses, cars and forests are destroyed. Civilians get killed and injured, soldiers get killed and injured. I never understood the international media playing this comparison between the number of casualties in Israel vs. Lebanon, or in Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority.
Human life is human life, every person is a person with family, friends and a life story. There should be no 'competition' on the amount of casualties because it's simply double standards. Hundreds of innocent civilians get blown up by Muslim suicide bombers in Lebanon everyday and I don’t see the human rights organization and Kofi Anan crying about it in his press conferences.
If 'occupation' was a factor in the reasoning for becoming a suicide bombers (as they so badly want you conveniently to believe, then during history we should have had suicide bombings by
- The Native Americans when the Europeans were butchering millions of them
- The Indians/Cyprians/Africans/Arabs/Jews/etc towards the British Empire while they were ruling all these countries
- The Jews/Europeans towards the Germans during and after WW2
I'm sure the message is clear at this point. It saddens me that people rather base their views in life on ideals rather than actual facts and reality. It was wisely said that a person with no past is a person with no future. 'A religion of peace' shouldn't have it's prayer book telling it's believers to conquer by the sward and kill those who don't comply and convert to the religion.
Again, I am sad for the loss of every life but the life of a terrorist, in which case that person CHOSE the path of death and murder. A person who wants peace beyond any doubt will never become a terrorist. Fundamentalism is terrible in any aspect, and in every religion in my eyes.
It's getting late and I feel like I can't clear my head after yesterdays missiles shelled at Hadera (which is only 30 miles away from Tel Aviv). I decided to stay in the Tel Aviv area for a couple days in an attempt for some sanity but it almost feels like this war is going to chase us wherever we go.
One thing is for sure, this is going to be one interesting semester.
A wonderful initiative to help the children of the north and the soldiers
My mom was supposed to have a huge party for her 50th birthday yesterday. She planned a big Hebrew 'sing-along' with a good friend who's going to lead the night with his accordion. The birthday party was planned months ago and over 100 guests were invited. Now the party is postponed indefinitely and I'm probably going to miss it since I have to go back to school soon.
This everyday reality of missiles ruining entire northern Israel still amazes me. Thousands of houses, cars and forests are destroyed. Civilians get killed and injured, soldiers get killed and injured. I never understood the international media playing this comparison between the number of casualties in Israel vs. Lebanon, or in Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority.
Human life is human life, every person is a person with family, friends and a life story. There should be no 'competition' on the amount of casualties because it's simply double standards. Hundreds of innocent civilians get blown up by Muslim suicide bombers in Lebanon everyday and I don’t see the human rights organization and Kofi Anan crying about it in his press conferences.
If 'occupation' was a factor in the reasoning for becoming a suicide bombers (as they so badly want you conveniently to believe, then during history we should have had suicide bombings by
- The Native Americans when the Europeans were butchering millions of them
- The Indians/Cyprians/Africans/Arabs/Jews/etc towards the British Empire while they were ruling all these countries
- The Jews/Europeans towards the Germans during and after WW2
I'm sure the message is clear at this point. It saddens me that people rather base their views in life on ideals rather than actual facts and reality. It was wisely said that a person with no past is a person with no future. 'A religion of peace' shouldn't have it's prayer book telling it's believers to conquer by the sward and kill those who don't comply and convert to the religion.
Again, I am sad for the loss of every life but the life of a terrorist, in which case that person CHOSE the path of death and murder. A person who wants peace beyond any doubt will never become a terrorist. Fundamentalism is terrible in any aspect, and in every religion in my eyes.
It's getting late and I feel like I can't clear my head after yesterdays missiles shelled at Hadera (which is only 30 miles away from Tel Aviv). I decided to stay in the Tel Aviv area for a couple days in an attempt for some sanity but it almost feels like this war is going to chase us wherever we go.
One thing is for sure, this is going to be one interesting semester.
A wonderful initiative to help the children of the north and the soldiers
posted by UB Israeli @ 00:25
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