Sunday, January 7

"We're hoping that the territorial order is set for a while."

I wouldn't bank on it.  " I truly dislike these animals squabbles even as I understand that this is how they sort things out among themselves."

Its not a lawful way to war though, and I don't think the costs to travel, shipping, and everyday life everywhere will go on as normal as if there were not thousands of dead children and innocents because people could not find a wiser ways to ... "sort things out among themselves."

You can't displace Palestine to make way for Israel and you can't treat Israel as if she were a poor feral creature in need of continual help for survival... that's not how life works, in the civilized world or "in the wild".  Hope this helps!  Love to all! Peace on earth isn't just something you write on holiday wrapping that gets crumpled and tossed when the new year arrives...

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ADDED:  In previous years, people would have jumped on Anthony Blinken for suggesting Israel's conflicts were cancerous to the region and needed to be excised.  Things are starting to change already, you can hear it in people's language and attempts to pass this off as "overcomeable".  Witness the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in real time, as three months of trying to displace the people of Gaza rage on...

The fight for life continues, and three months in the prognosis is still bleak for the 76-year old.  It's a fine line:  killing the alleged cancer without killing the patient herself...