As I read the stories about Israel and the Gaza strip, it concerns me more and more. Imagine if you were an Israeli and you have lived there all of your life. Their family history goes back generations and generations. That is the only life that they know. And, they've been told all of their lives that it is the land God promised their people. The war between the Palestinians and the Israelis has been going on about since about the beginning of time, that is the only life they know.
Then the Israeli government, whom the Israeli put their trust in to not give away God's promised land, tells them that they have to pack up and leave the only life they know. Leave their ancestry, leave their home, etc....
I can see why some people don't want to leave. That is their home!
It is sad that their own government is using bodily force to drive them out. Let them decide where they want to be!
I don't know what I would do if I were in the same situation. Knowing me, I would probably leave, because I wouldn't be willing to stay and fight, but that is because I wouldn't want any harm to come to my children. I would probably be a conformist and leave. I would've left soon after I heard that it was going to happen, not wait until the day of. But, I can see why some are refusing to leave.
Okay, I am off of my soapbox now. I'm sure that I will be right back up on it soon!
Monday, August 15, 2005
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