Over hundred rockets were hit into Southern Israel from Gaza in the last three days. A man was killed, many injured. They are hitting schools, synagogues, public spaces. The rockets are continue to fall. I rhetorically wonder ever and ever again: how will US or France or Germany react when faced with this daily reality - because we don't have to forget Sderot where rockets are part of the "normality"? Would they apologize and be sorry for defending their citizens?
Egypt is pressing Israel to apologize and apologize and investigate the death of five security personnel. The fact that Egypt wasn't able to defend its borders and to prevent the infiltration of terrorist isn't a reality deem of the high attention of the media and its analysts of all colors. Another strange thing happened at the UN, where the Security Council failed to condemn the attack from Eilat because the proud member Lebanon who's almost a feud of the Iran-sponsored Hizbollah opposed.
There are many questions to be asked, of course. One regards the famous almost invisible Hasbara. But I'm afraid that now it's too late. You can't build in times of crisis but to use the symbolic resources built in between crisis. It was a well-known reality that close to September and there after we should expect various difficult situations and attacks of all sorts. It wasn't any surprise at all. A surprise would be a unite and coherent answer from the mishpacha. Now, I couldn't care less who did you vote with at the last elections, where are you coming from, how many books did you read or if you are secular or religious. It's more important to act together and nothing else.
The good news from the South is that the Eilat Red Sea International Jazz Festival will be held as scheduled, although some artists cancelled their presence. Somehow, we can dream about a certain normality.
In the North, business as usual, for the moment. People are going out, enjoying the life and falling in love.
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