quote:"A woman from one of the moshavim nearby, who considers herself a total secularist, came to our house and said, 'I came to ask forgiveness! Now, in light of everything that's going on, I feel the need to come and ask forgiveness from the expelled residents. I apologize for not having stood with you during your struggle for Gush Katif... How did we not see the truth?'"
quote:"I never thought that I, a Haifa resident for 30 years, would be a refugee in my own land. Every thing sound so familiar from the close past. During 5 years you coped with bombs – and I didn't care. You buried family and friends - and I was indifferent. You found yourselves without a home, like that and you never had someone that listened to you.
"Even when you came to visit me to my house, to explain, to convince, to share your feelings with me – I refused to listen to you.
"It has already been a week. I am out of my house, without my regular routine, it is very hard to me – but the empathy, the support, and people identifying with our plight helped me go on.
"You, don't even have that...
"People from Gush Katif and the Shomron! Forgive me! Forgive us for letting you on your own. Forgive us for not understanding you."
It's amazing to look at the photos here and see guys in tank tops praying with more obviously religious folks. Men, women and children, all praying for things to change, and not a single one of them screaming for blood the way such rallies always happen on the other side.
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
Better late than never. Perhaps someday everyone will realise that it is far more productive to focus on the things we have in common in stead of pointing out the differences. After all, we wouldn't be able to notice all the differences without the basic similarities. I'll be working toward that day. Peace!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You must have seen the Chazak video, neh? Makes me cry.
That's interesting. The video is somewhat different than the version I got via email (which apparently showed on Israeli TV). Let's see if I can dig up that version . . . not finding it, just the version from 2004.
Well, I have the new one if anyone would like it emailed to 'em.