So it
been a while since I posted, not really had much to write about. Obviously
Israel is in news for attacking Gaza... well at least that's what the press is
saying. In fact Israel is defending itself against Hamas who since April has
been protesting at the border... it’s a totally 'peaceful' protest. This
“Peaceful protest” lead to the death of some of them who should not have been
there and the death of many Hamas terrorists. When you live in fear of your
leaders and they say 'Take your sick child to the border and if Israel
retaliate we can blame them!' of course it happens. Never mind that the baby
that died was sick and never inhaled tear gas, meaning she had passed of her
congenital heart defect and not the tear gas. Unfortunately the media outside
of Israel hears one side of the story, doesn't listen for the whole story and
only reports that big, bad Israel has been up to no good again. As it stands
currently there are fires raging in the south due to kite bombs being sent over
from Gaza, these are destroying land, property, schools, homes and livestock.
The rest of the world is not crying out with outrage at these acts of terror.
Or the homemade bombs attached to balloons being found by children in their
back yards that no one is reporting on. Hamas has been launching rockets at the
south and yet the headlines are 'Israel strikes Gaza'... doesn't take a genius
to see that people will see only that and think the worst of Israel.
I
don't know what the answer is, Israel has the right to defend itself, sadly the
media doesn't want to hear all the facts and tell a balanced story. One day
maybe.
Anyway
onto me, nothing major to report. Work is going okay, I in fact had my first
Yom Kef or Fun Day with work last month. In all the time and places I've worked
here in Israel and the UK, I've never had a company say we're going out for the
day to have fun and not work. There was food, drinks, activities, jeep rides...
I lost my hat.... got it back though...and it was nice to get away from the
office do something really different.
Meanwhile
I'm actually off today as my company is closed for Tisha B Av the saddest day
in the Jewish calendar and yes it’s nice to have a 3 day weekend, but in some
ways it’s not fun since everyone else is at work. Apart from one friend who I
managed to hang out with for a couple of hours, I'm pretty much trying to find
things to do to entertain myself. I think I will sit in the park and read,
always nice to do that. Also its now less than 3 weeks to my birthday...oh dear
I'm going to be 41....
