Today is an important day.

• Four years ago, today, the Second Lebanon War started.

• Four years ago, today, a woman was sipping coffee on her balcony in Nahariya when a Katusha rocket lander on her, and annihilated her.  

• Four years ago, today, I went to the train station in Acco, expecting to board a train from Nahariya, only to find out that train ( Read more... )

Hi!  I know it's been ages since I posted an entry here.  Basically, once the war was over, my heart was not into blogging anymore.  Mostly, it was depression (post traumatic stress disorder) that did it ( Read more... )

OK, this was too good to pass up.  I got this from a friend of mine:

The UN Newsletter
All the news that we can distort...

French Peacekeepers Arrive by Landing Craft/Surrender to Lebanese fishermen one mile from shore

Prior to reaching the coast of Lebanon, the advance 30-man contingent of the planned 200-man force of French peacekeepers has ( Read more... )

I know that I've been MIA for several weeks now; I've been going through a lot of stuff and trying to get reacclimated to work and the travel.  Also, I've been dealing with a lot of feelings, both good and bad.  If you want to know a little about them, then click the following link and read the entry of another Karmiel blogger, Forest Rain Marcia:

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Last night I had a dream. I mention it because generally I don't remember my dreams, and those that I do remember, are usually quite nonsensical.  Last night's was different.  Though I dreamt it in the middle of the night, and forgot about it until I was halfway through my shower this morning, the images in my brain are as sharp and fresh as if I'd ( Read more... )

Going through my mail today I was happy to see this week's copy of Israel21c (Israel, 21st Century), a weekly newsletter that highlights some of the cool things going on over here.  As their site says, they are "a focus beyond", beyond the war, beyond the conflict, beyond all the bad headlines and lambasting we get from the world leaders and media.
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Much of my blog has reflected my experiences, being in Karmiel, during this war.  Well it should:  it is my blog afterall, but the stories of "those who stayed" are not the only stories to tell.  Just because you didn't live in a bomb shelter or listen to rockets explode on your street, doesn't mean you weren't deeply affected by them anyway ( Read more... )

I know it's been a few days since I posted and I hope you all haven't been too discouraged, popping in here and not seeing anything new...  All I can say is that it's been hard.  You wouldn't expect it to be, but getting back to "normal" is in ways harder than living in a war zone.

First, I've had a low grade depression all week.  I went to work ( Read more... )

This whole ceasefire thing has got me down.  I don't like the deal and I don't like any of the parties involved except for the United States, who, though she stuck it out for a good month, failed us in the end by allowing it.

Israel has gained nothing.  Hezbullah will not be disbanded, our soldiers will not be returned, our army was beaten and ( Read more... )

How quick they all were to damn Israel for the Quana massacre, the Jenin massacre, every single dead body (even those that get back up again after they fall off their litters) claimed by the Palestinians and Lebanese.  It doesn't matter how many times they are caught lying, CNN, the BBC, Reuters, AP, The New York Times, and all the rest jump to ( Read more... )