We just finished celebrating Purim. As with most Jewish holidays the theme is the same; "they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!" Sadly that has not been the case with Gaza. We have fought three wars with this enemy and have yet to have a victory. No, instead the saga has been; "they tried to kill us, we gave in and signed a ceasefire, now what?" It's been nothing but a tit for tat you bomb us we bomb you merry-go-round ever since we pulled our citizens out of Gaza in 2005.
We are residents of the south (Ashkelon) living under the shadow of not knowing when the next conflict will start, when the next missile will be fired towards us. The gloomy part is our enemy is the one deciding on the when. To them we are like fish in a barrel. Happily this last round of "shootem up fish" did not reach our neighborhood but is that any consolation? No, especially when you only have 15 seconds to make it into your mamad (safe room).
Last November, when Hamas decided to fire over 500 missiles at us, one landed in the park across from our apartment causing considerable damage. Thankfully it took place in the early hours of the morning and the park was empty. However, had the rocked traveled a mere 400 meters to the east it would have slammed into an adjacent apartment building, perhaps even ours! Yep, no "they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat" when it comes to Gaza, with them, it is only "they want to kill us and our government is playing a game of tit for tat with our lives."
B"H, Rabbi
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