Where are the settlers being moved to, Nilly? Is there some sort of housing set up for them?
Well, yes and no. Like everything, this is so complicated.
In theory, there are. There are several towns in Israel who arranged in advance to receive all the families of one (small, obviously) settlement, so that the communities won't need to break apart. Some of the less "hard core" settlements are already empty and their citizens all moved.
There are temporal housing arrangements for other communities, caravans (not on wheels, ones that actually stand on the ground, with full facilities) waiting to be filled, some already occupied. Some families are going to temporarily stay in hotel rooms until a more permanent solution is found.
Some families, the more "hard core" ones, refused to consider any sort of temporary living accomodation, didn't even pack anything. They insisted in following their beliefs that such an "evacuation" wouldn't happen. I don't think any of them knows where they're going to end up in. School starts in two weeks, and they have no idea where their children will learn. Like I said, complicated.
This is a very difficult day. Regardless of any political opinion. One of my cousins volunteered to take part, as a soldier (usually in a different job) in the disengagement. Another cousin lives there with her husband and family for years. They make their living through their greenhouses there. Their settlement (Ganey-Tal) was evacuated today, with no violence, as far as I could read. I have no idea where they are now. And then this crazy person killed 3 innocent people. It's a very difficult day.
[Edit: sorry. I try not to talk politics here, this is my "escape" place. I don't want to spoil that, but that last paragraph just came out after I answered Allyson's question. Sorry.]
Nilly, I am so sorry for what Israel is going through, and I hope everything works out for the best. The stories in the media that, with some exceptions, the soldiers and settlers treating each other with such respect and understanding the painful circumstance each other is in, the settler who cried to the general that he served under him and the two of them hugging, the soldiers who waiting respectfully as the settlers finished their prayers, Sharon pleading with the settlers to "attack him, accuse him" and not the soldiers. It's heartbreaking.
Today might be the day when I finally lose my shit for real.
Today might be the day when I finally lose my shit for real.
No! You only have to last through two more work days before there is con!
Edit: the iPod just brought up Avenue Q.
"Maybe you'll never find your purpose."
"Lots of people don't!"
Gee, thanks, iPod.
{{{Nilly}}} My thoughts are with you and anyone whose life is touched by the evacuation.
No! You only have to last through two more work days before there is con!
I'm trying to hold on. Trying. The amount of work on my desk = OMTWTFBBQ. BABY. JESUS.
And then my iPod froze up.
I know there are people around here (myself included) who have some fondness/familiarity with Taize, the Christian religious community in France. The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
Brother Roger founded the Taize religious community in 1940 emphasizing the need for all Christians to come together in peace, love and reconciliation. The Taize ecumenical community, which is near Macon, 240 miles southeast of Paris, draws tens of thousands of Christian youths from around the world each year for prayer and meditation.
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It's heartbreaking.
It's good that these sides are being covered, too. For the longest time, only the radicals, the toad-blockers, the ones who threatened and shouted were those who got the headlines, that the fact that these are people who have to leave their homes (again, regardless of any political opinion) seemed to be put aside.
anyone whose life is touched by the evacuation
The whole of Israel, in a way. It's such a small country. You either know somebody who lives there, does business there, serves there in the army or used to serve there. You can't not. Israel is much less than "six degrees of separation". And thanks.
I don't want to bring the board down. Is there anything like the lovely questions msbelle sometimes posts that we can play with? Like "what fictional character did you most want to be?" or "what is the first movie you remember watching?" or "where would you like to spend your next vacation, real or fictional place?" or "who will portray you in a movie about your life and why?". Only, you know, better.
The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
Terrible. And although this is trivial, I think salon should take a minute to consider which ads to put in which articles. The ad for HBO's new show Rome, complete with slashing weapons, may not have been the best choice for that particular article.
