Dear Critic,

Thank you for keeping my family in your prayers, they are all OK,
not happy of course, their mood is very sombre, but luckily none of them got directly involved in the war.

They work harder than usual to keep the economy going, and like everyone else in Israel also volunteer, in their particular case to help with the elderly, to pick fruit (because many foreign agricultural workers left, were murdered or kidnapped) and as I already mentioned, cook meals for the soldiers in Gaza.

One family member nearly lost his job because the company he works in lost its contracts due to the war: most of his colleagues were fired but somehow he is among the few who remained employed.

Some have actually been on holiday, touring Japan, when the war started - they have no intention of going away again anytime soon.

The spirit of vengeance which prevailed straight after the attack on October 7th seems to be fading, but not the depression, fear and rage due to the hostages and the emerging horrific information from hell about the conditions in which they are held: everyone in Israel is saying, "It could have been me", and so do I.

The great news is the delivery of medicines to the hostages.
That makes me believe that there will be no further escalation.

The Israeli hostages in this war are the Alpha and Omega:
if they were to be released then I don't think that ordinary Israelis would have an appetite to continue the war, and the daily casualties that come with it.

Netanyahu claims that pressuring the Hamas with war is the only way to convince them to free hostages, that they do not understand any other language.
Hamas says that they will not even negotiate a release before Israel stops the war.
I would go along with whatever path leads to free the hostages, but whom to believe? Both are liars!

No matter how you grind it all up, the two state solution is a no goer.
For religious reasons the moslems cannot accept that solution.

Correct Bezza,

A two-state solution has been offered several times in the past. The first time, the Palestinians were offered 80% of the territory, but rejected it.

5 times in the past Palestine rejected offer to have its own state. africachinapresscenter.org

AC,

You do support the murder of women and children by Russia.

Don't lie.