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[desh]

You know, I've always felt much less connection to Israel than your typical active American Jew. I was only in Israel once, 10 years ago, and haven't had much desire to go back since. When the Israeli government does things I don't like, my reaction isn't "let's do something about that", but rather, "I don't want to be associated with that".

So why is the news making me sick to my stomach?

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Re: Jeff Rants!, Exciting Conclusion

[gutwoman.livejournal.com]

Jeff, obviously I wish there wasn't such an escalation of violence going on right now. And I agree with the majority of what you just said, although maybe not with the whole one shell for one rocket idea. At the same time, one argument I've heard from the beginning is that Israel IS attacking Lebanon - not just the Hizbollah - for not doing anything about the Hizbollah up til now. Whether or not they could do anything is another story, but the fact of the matter is that they have not... and even in agreement with all the things you just said, I still can't see how at this moment an immediate retreat by Israel would work in calming the entire situation. I really, truly hope it doesn't get more serious though than it is now. And I don't know if this is stupid but Iran's threats scare the crap out of me.