Day 17 23rd of October 2023 Good evening. I admit it, I was so overwhelmed by everything that I didn’t intend writing tonight, then I saw Yosef Haddad crying on the evening news and as I listened to the reason for his tears I knew I had to write to you. Yesterday you saw him…

Day 16 22nd October 2023 Shalom. That oh so Israeli greeting, its actual meaning is peace although it can be hello, goodbye, adieu, see you, in fact just about every greeting, but its origin is peace, that oh so elusive element to a good life. I have many friends, old and young, who are either…

Day 15 21st October 2023 Shevua Tov, which means Have a good week. It took no time until the world forgot about the depraved slaughter of innocents, it took less than two weeks before the voices were raised against Israel. What does that tell you? That as long as we are dying, we elicit sympathy…

20th October 2023 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I wish you a Sabbath of remembrance and peace, forget the anger for one day and think of ways to honour those who were killed, slaughtered, massacred and captured. Light that extra candle tonight. I’m sorry that I didn’t write yesterday but I was burned out by the…

Day 12 18th October 2023 It has started. The disinformation about just about everything has started and the media is lapping it up. Yesterday it was the siege, the supposed bombing of the Raffiah Corridor which prevented essential aid when the only aid came through the very border crossing, Kerem Shalom, that Hamas breached! Egypt…

Day 11 17th October 2023 Yesterday you read about my reaction to one bang, one boom and my reaction, and you were concerned, for which I am truly grateful, but imagine living in a wonderful rural area, but every day, every hour, a constant bombardment of rockets and missiles, not one measly little bang. Children…

Day 10 16th October 2023 Well that was a little more excitement than I would have liked!! Today was a good day. I met my friend Sue in the shopping mall coffee shop. She went to the supermarket and I decided that I had to replace the real plant that was in the shade t…

Day 9 15th October 2023 I am so proud of ordinary Israelis that my heart is bursting! Soldiers left home on an instant, as I think I told you 120% turn-up of reservists even before they received their call up papers. This created a situation whereby those on the Northern border, the Golan Heights, didn’t…

Day 7 Friday the 13th of October 2023 Before I wish you a Shabbat shalom, please, please, take care wherever you are in the world. Hamas has declared a worldwide Day of Rage and as we have seen, they mean it. It has seeped into our highest institutions of higher education, Harvard, Stanford and disinformation…

Day 6 12th October 2023 This morning I received a WhatsApp from our dear friend Ian in Melbourne Australia sending me an article written by a South African journalist by the name of Gareth Cliff. The first paragraph goes thus. “I am not a Jew and I’m not a citizen of Israel. I haven’t even…