Peace Man & Hope Man

January 28, 2008 - 3:30 PM by

Although we here at Israelity don’t really “do politics”, we know that in these parts it’s almost impossible to avoid them.

So if we don’t blog the obvious stuff, it’s by choice.

But this new blog on the block – Life Must Go on in Gaza & Sderot – came across the collective Israelity desk and we felt it deserved a share. Take a look.

This blog is written by 2 friends. One lives in Sajaia refugee camp in Gaza and the other lives in Sderot, a small town near Gaza on the Israeli side. There is ongoing violence between Israel and Gaza which has intensified greatly since October 2000. Many have been killed and many have been injured. The media coverage on both sides has been extremely biased. Our Blog is written by 2 real people living and communicating on both sides of the border.

An entry from their first post:

Today has been quiet so far. Only one siren went off. I heard one faint rocket fall in a far distance and another somewhat closer. Not too close….

I was glad that all my kids were already in school and not anywhere near the falling rockets.

This morning I called my friend “Peace man” from Gaza… Israel has cut all fuel and goods supply to Gaza. This means that they have electricity only an hour or so a day. He fears that the electricity will shut down completely. I asked about food. He told me that prices have gone up even more do to the lack of goods.

…We decided to start this Blog to bring to people’s awareness the true nature of what 2 peace seeking people on both sides of this insane situation are feeling, thinking and going through.

We will both try to write here on as often as possible. I hope Peace man will have electricity to write.

Good luck, Gentlemen. Noble endeavor.

Tags: • Category: Blogging, Life, Politics 

Comments

One Comment on Peace Man & Hope Man

  1. Francien on Sat, Jan 10th 2009 7:08 AM

    2. I think its a great thing that we can see what is realley going and not some kind of propaganda.
    Ihope a lot of people are reading this blog and see what this mean for the people on both sides.
    I really hope that a sollution for peace is coming that is good for all people in Gaza en Israell.
    sorry for my poor English …

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