Day 2
I am fine
I am not scared
I am hurt
I am not scared
I am angry
I am not scared
But we’re all scarred
What you can do is talk about this.
Talk about a country that is now under blockade.
Talk about resources being cut, I have no electricity at home.
That’s why I am at the office again to type this.
Our boss does not want us to be here, so that we not get hit.
But no place is really safe, and we know it.
Talk about this. Talk about innocent civilians being killed.
Talk about respect of life. Or lack thereof.
Talk, because I can’t.
Israel has the right to defend itself.
Ah the wonderful irony.
In the jerusalem post today a father talks about the agony of having a son kidnapped.
In Lebanon 10,000 mothers await the release of their sons from Israeli prisons.
One has all the right to defend one’s own land.
Yes I agree. But this is MY LAND.
This is our just reward.
This is our justified war.
Tell people how a country is being crippled.
And that Hizbollah people will NEVER leave the border, and they will NEVER leave the country.
Anyway they could not afford it. Anyway they’ve lived, always, in poverty and pride.
Anyway everybody else who is educated can afford to flee, and then what hope is there?
More war.
I’ll keep posting as often as I can, from the office.
But as the work stops, and the ports are closed off, and the airport is down,
and the main exit roads to Syria are destroyed, as Syria is being threatened as well,
as trade and economy are crushed (AGAIN) I don’t know how long I’ll keep my job.
Talk about it, please. Or write.
For both sides of the news:
DON’T read CNN or Fox
Read
from Lebanon: the Daily Star: www.dailystar.com.lb, www.naharnet.com
from Israel: www.haaretz.com
the bbc, and then alternative media sources
www.bitterlemons.com
www.counterpunch.com
http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm
http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml
Al Jazeera has an english website, but it’s as extreme as the Jerusalem post, so here are both:
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
www.jpost.com
