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@Lila9 How are you? In the neighborhood shelter again

🥑" An optimistic story Thursday. Missiles fly in the sky and sirens shake the air. I jump into my apartment after three weeks that I wasn’t in it, open the refrigerator, take out the pack of ripe avocados that I bought the day before the war broke out, cut them — and they’re not ripe at all. I almost collapse mentally, look for the phone number on the package, call in anger, and a woman answers me kindly. It’s clear she’s in the middle of a drive, and suddenly I feel like the most stupid person in the world and start stammering: “Hi, um, I bought your avocados and they are uh hard, and I know there’s a world war outside and everything, but…” “No, no,” she cuts me off, “you are completely right. Unripe avocados are a failure. I’m really sorry,” she answers in a distressed voice, and asks that I give her the serial number on the package and my address. I answer, and for three seconds there is a feeling of a sane world, where there are no eternal wars and splitting missiles, only small dramas about unripe avocados. Then suddenly a siren starts to operate and we quickly end the conversation. Four days later. Half an hour ago, I receive a phone call. “Hi Amir, I’m the one from the avocados, are you by any chance in your apartment?” “Yes,” I answer. “Then I’m here outside.” I go out to the entrance of the building. She gets out of the gray jeep, says hello to me, opens the trunk that is full of packs of avocados from the Galilee and hands me two with a smile. I don’t know when all the wars will end, but there is still in me faith in the human race. And in avocados. " amirbarkol3 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CqfA4qpCi/

Is it a quieter area in the north? Anyway its good to hear that. Wishing you safety and I hope things calm down soon.

Channel 13 in Israel joins the condemnations of acts of Jewish terrorism in the West Bank. (11,12,13 are our center-left channels while 14 and 24i are right-wing)

In the North you still feel safe?

I think you are onto something here 👍🏻

Its quite sad how easily labels like “Zionist” get used without real familiarity with the actual society behind it. That can become a slippery slope where they stop being seen as human beings like everyone else. Would you like it if I call the people in Western Europe Crusaders? I think the answer is no, so its better to not do it to others.

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, leader of the 'Democrats' party Yair Golan and MK Efrat Rayten on Jewish terrorism and the Palestinian family. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17BsiRkBDz/

Thr most intense day since the beginning of the war I think

True

One of the most senior Israeli Journalists for over 30 years, Ilana Dayan, speaking in prime time on channel 12 about human lives, from both sides of the border, mentioning the Palestinian family killed this week. Full video with English subtitles: https://x.com/UnxeptableD/status/2034841561209683975?s=20

I prefer to not even participate in this game in the first place. This just strenghtening this. What happened in Gaza was wrong, in Iraq too. The west does not see human lives in Arab countries as equal value to them. This is a universal and human tendency and it cause problems. Thats it. A lot of the rest feels like emotionally driven framing without much grounding in reality.

Sadly also not about what's happening in Iran, apparently.

@Raze In many cases, what looks like mistreatment towards Palestinians is actually tied to security considerations that have to be taken constantly into account in the current reality. This is why I can't buy the exaggerated one-sided story fueled by various external sources. Surely there are other cases in which the power is being abused. At the same time, this does not negate the existence of occupation, mistreatment, or elements of religious superiority.

@NewKidOnTheBlock Or maybe your side is closed to real discussion. Reducing everything to the conflict like it was the only important issue and everything else is just in its shadow is illusory.

Criticizing problems is one thing, but repeating the same fairytails over and over again is something else.

You are right about this

Yes though I still haven’t gotten used to the harsh sound of the early warning on the phone, but lucky that we have this warning couple of mins before the sirens.

I think I owe the right-wing side a bit more attention after a couple of center-left posts, so here are some voices from the last 24 hours 🏰⛲️

Do you have better alternatives?

I agree Israel do it for its own safety first and foremost, though it can be a win-win if it succeeds.

At least its worth giving it a try

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Israeli voices from the last 24hr 📰🐦 https://x.com/michalpeylan/status/2033965937385156608?s=20

What a coincidence that I hear the same language from anti-Palestinian voices in my country too. It is up to you if you want to break the cycle of dehumanization or fuel it.