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MembersI stood 700 meters from Gaza – and felt nothing

I realized that when looking across to the cursed ‘other side,’ the thought of the hostages didn’t cross my mind even once, and it disturbed me.

Looking into Gaza from the Israeli side of the border, as IDF troops operate against the Hamas infrastructure. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
Looking into Gaza from the Israeli side of the border, as IDF troops operate against the Hamas infrastructure. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

I’ve never been near the Gaza border. I know, crazy, right? Although Gaza is only 100 miles southwest of where I live, it has always felt like an Arab ‘country’ far away from me, akin to some mythical land where terror reigns and dragons breathe fire. Or, a more realistic description: a city with seemingly no order or structure, dense population crammed in concrete buildings, Hamas hooligans, and chaos. What would distinguish it from Lebanon, Syria, or Jordan? A non-sharp-eyed observer like myself wouldn’t be able to tell you. Wherever it is, it’s not ‘close enough to hurt me’, or so I thought.

My closest ‘first-hand’ and remote experience of the Gaza Strip was through my oldest sister, who served as a Tatspitanit (observer or ‘lookout’) and repeatedly suffered carpal tunnel from scanning Gaza and the border from Nahal Oz. As she recalled, their high-tech cameras could zoom in on family dramas through open windows, shepherds performing bestiality in the fields, and, of course, catch terrorists attempting to infiltrate the border or plant explosives. Their army base suffered...

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2 responses to “I stood 700 meters from Gaza – and felt nothing”

  1. Susan says:

    So on point about “Christians” forgetting Yeshua was Jewish! And the root of that forgetfulness is that they have forgotten the true ROOT basis of their faith: the Torah. The Torah defines our boundaries. Since Yeshua IS THE WORD, He is the Torah personified. His opponent is called “The man of lawlessness ” (Torahlessness)

    Please Ha Shem, return your people Israel to Torah so that they can be a light unto the world. Romans tells us that when Israel recognizes their Messiah, it will be like life from the dead!

  2. Vernon Ryan says:

    The whole world is at the brink of seeing what happens when they defy the Lord and try to destroy the apple of His eye. In the end, they will be the ones who no longer exist.

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