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A plea for sanity

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Oct 12, 2023
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Right now there's a bunch of Israeli kids (mostly) lined up on the borders of Gaza, Syria & Lebanon. Many of them were probably protesting the Israeli Government recently.

Young Israeli soldiers (an Aliyah photo courtesy of the Israeli Government)

On the other side of those borders there are a bunch of Arab kids (mostly) waiting for the incursion (Gaza) or maybe making their own plans for that (Syria & Lebanon). On either side of those borders the majority are citizens who undoubtedly are none too fond of war after the last 75 years. Yes Hamas committed war crimes on the 7th October and for the days afterwards. Israel has done that too in the past. The debate about who started it depends on if you have a side in this war. But nobody wants their kids to go to war do they?

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