Yesterday browsing trough my favourites,I bumped into the
link of this page abot the september 11 th attacks.I watched it and broke down and cried like I haven`t in years.Than I walked over to my friend Tamar ,who`s an israeli 19 years old girl teaching childeren here in Sacramento about jewish costums and such, for a year.
She`s planning to be a doctor,and work in an emergency room.
A truly wonderfull human being,with so much life, love and care in her heart.
She was busy cleaning her kitchen for passover,and talking to her mom on the phone.I just went out the backyard and and climbed up on a tree to watch the sunset,while I was waiting for her to finish.It was very peaceful.
Than we talked and ,and she made me feel lot better in a matter of minutes.
Today I read about the latest attack,and I`m affraid to call her,because if (god forbid) some of her family or friend were hurt,(she lives about 1 hour from Netanya) I wouldn`t know what to say to her.Just a little while ago a close friend of her`s was shot to death when a terrorist sniper killed 10 people at a checkpoint.
Seing her pain and not being able to help was awful.
Now I dread the day when I have to say good bye to her,and she goes back to the country where getting a coffe in the morning has to be a display of courage.
Than I read in the Newsweek about arab propaganda stating that for passover celebration jews need the blood of christian and muslim childeren under the age of 10.
While I feel no sorrow for these scuicide bombers,I belive they are victims as well.Victims of bad policies by Israel,but mainly by their own leaders who encurage them to commit such horrible crimes.
There`s a convinient store down the street ,owed by arabs that came here from Lebanon and Egypt.Very nice people.
I saw what they went trough after 9/11 and how they were trying to make sure people will not associate them with the terrorists,by displaying US flags all over the store,and I felt really bad for them.
The other day one of them talked to me about how nice it would be if we could get along over there just as well as here.
Yes it would be nice.....I wish I knew what I could do to make it happen.