So in the week since I last posted, there have
been more rockets fired into Israel by Hamas and finally on Thursday after this
constant barrage the Israel Defence Force (IDF) went into Gaza with the
intention of taking out Hamas ability to fire rockets and there have been
casualties on the side of the IDF as well as a growing number of Palestinian
Casualties. And the press seem to care more about one side of this
conflict than the other.
As
mentioned sadly the IDF has suffered casualties and I’m sure there are people
who are saying who cares they’re monsters anyway and that saddens me, because
regardless of belief, religion, colour, everyone involved in this conflict is a
human being, someone’s Father, Mother, Son or Daughter and from reading
comments about it, it feels like people have forgotten that and put labels upon
each side and that is wrong, I don’t hate the Palestinians for what is going
on, I feel if it were not for Hamas there would be peace. Some people are
just blinded by hatred for Israel for no real reason and only see that Israel
is the aggressor, the bad guy. I’ve seen people suggesting boycotting
Israeli goods and it’s actually makes me laugh when there is so much Israel has
contributed in terms of modern technology. I want to ask people if they
will give up their electronic devices because it was created in Israel and they
are boycotting Israeli goods, I think the answer would be no to that.
For me I
can’t understand the hatred towards Israel for what it is doing, as a small
nation it has a right to defend itself, if Scotland started lobbing rockets
over into England, wouldn’t the people want the army to defend themselves or
would they sit there and take it meekly? I am not a fan of war or
violence but as I said to someone, perhaps peace can only be achieved by war
and that is something I don’t want to truly believe. I wish everyone
could come to the table and talk, but we’ve seen 3 ceasefires all violated by
Hamas and that should tell you it all, they don’t want to talk and what is left
when talking isn’t possible.
Since
this all began, I’ve been asked why don’t I go back to England as I have the
passport, I could get the hell out of Dodge if I wanted too and the truth is I
don’t want too. Yes it’s a serious situation, scary in some ways as I
said in my previous post, this time feels different than 2012 and one friend
has said I should come home and I appreciate the concern. However as I
said to him, I’m writing this here now, I am home; if I wanted to be in England
I would never have made aliyah in 2011. I knew that coming here the
situation was always tense, a powder keg that could blow at anytime, I just
didn’t want to live on regrets that I changed my mind because I was afraid that
something like this might happen. Because it was always going to happen
eventually and there are Israelis and people who have been here long enough
that are living their lives and trying to keep the day to day routine going and
how can I do any less. We learn from doing and from example and I’m proud
to be here in this country, yes a little worried and troubled by the situation,
but I’m not going to let it run my life, I will not live in fear and I will
continue to build and enjoy my life as much as possible
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