I had originally intended to avoid talking about the rockets
and counter strikes happening south of here. In fact, I had gotten halfway
writing my thoughts down when the guy next to me in the computer lab got a
call. It didn’t last long. He turned to me, and I instinctively mirrored him.
The next words out of his mouth were lost on me.
“What?” I said, clearly identifying myself as a non-Hebrew speaker.
“A bus was blown up in Tel Aviv.” I was not here in the early 2000’s, when there
were 40, 47, and 23 suicide bombings in 2001, 2002, and 2003 respectively. I
cannot imagine the atmosphere. People at school were visibly shaken. The Iron
dome system is a blessing, but it cannot defend against suicide bombers. Today’s
attack in Tel Aviv was not a suicide bombing, and thankfully no one was killed
(as of last I’ve heard), but it remains
that while parties were in discussions for a peace settlement, this plan was
carried out.
In addition, six people are reported to have been killed and
their bodies dragged around Gaza behind motorcycles for being accomplices of Israel
in the Eyes of certain individuals.
Also in the last few days, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon came
to Israel to visit and try to get his word in. For his troubles, Hamas shot a
rocket at Jerusalem. I’m not sure why that made sense, but apparently it did.
Perhaps in spite of these attacks, or because of them, Israel
and Hamas have signed a ceasefire that took effect at 9 PM local time. We shall
see how long it holds. But with that, I do believe my nightly updates have come
to a close. I just wanted to say thank you very much to all those who visited and took a look. Thank
you specifically to my parents, and a heartfelt thank you to all who called or
emailed to see how I was.
Your Traveler
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