tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post7765969950797669424..comments2023-09-30T08:07:26.165-04:00Comments on Mystical Politics: Gila Svirsky - co-chair of B'TselemRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-21021871611165332312009-01-21T22:29:00.000-05:002009-01-21T22:29:00.000-05:00Thank you. I just read your blog post on Gaza - yo...Thank you. I just read your blog post on Gaza - you express how I feel also. During the Lebanon War in the summer of 2006 I initially felt support for what Israel was doing. It seemed as if most Israelis felt the same way. But then everything devolved into simple destruction with absolutely no point - over a thousand dead Lebanese, about 150 dead Israelis, thousands of rockets on the north that the Israeli attack did not stop. When I visited Israel in the summer of 2007, it seemed clear that most people thought the war had been a terrible mistake. This time around I have been shocked by what I have read about the lack of dissent in Israel. Very few people have gone to anti-war protests. Not very much care about the over a thousand people killed in Gaza and the utter destructions of some neighborhoods. Heart-breaking stories like the one you tell in your blog of the Gaza doctor who lost several of his daughters. I feel a sense of shame about this war. I hope that more Israelis also begin to feel the same way. I think it is time for Israel to negotiate with Hamas on a long-term ceasefire/truce/hudna, whatever you call it. I know that Hamas is dedicated to Israel's destruction, and I see no evidence that they have changed their minds - but this attack on Gaza is not the way. לא זו הדרך. That was the slogan of the ad put into the New York Times by American Jews in 1982 during the first Lebanon War.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-47040435752579203542009-01-21T16:42:00.000-05:002009-01-21T16:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting this. My heart continues to bre...Thanks for posting this. My heart continues to break.rbarenblathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882606147795083729noreply@blogger.com