Enough!!
"It's nearly 4:00 a.m. I hear the muezzin from afar. But I mostly hear the sounds of the Israeli warplanes all over Beirut. This time, Dahyeh is confirmed to be under attack. I can't sleep."
This is the post started by Eve before she lost her Internet connection.
She just sent me an SMS asking me to continue her post.
It's almost 4:30 am. I heard those warplanes too. And I started trembling and shaking. I can still hear them...
Yes, I live relatively far from Beirut. Yes, Israel doesn't care about little insignificant me and won't be hiding under my bed waiting to strike.
But I cannot help but feel terrified, a remnant of those childhood years spent in shelters, I reckon.
I cannot begin to describe the feelings of people around me, a lot of whom have posted their viewpoints here or on their blogs. All I hear is "It's all Hizballa's fault!", "It's Israel's fault!", "It's our government's fault!"
Well frankly my dears, I don't give a damn whose fault it is. When an innocent civilian or child or a whole family gets killed, it doesn't matter anymore. When our already agonizing economy receives a major blow when 12,000 tourists flee, it doesn't matter anymore. When a blockade is imposed on my country, it doesn't matter anymore.
The country is in a state of panic, people are lining up at gas stations and bakeries, just like the old days.
I refuse to discuss politics and enter the game of "whose fault it is".
I only join my voice to that of Bob's and a few other sensible individuals and affirm: We want peace and we want it NOW.
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I hope Eve, and all of your families, are alright. My heart's with you at this time. And with my stubborn aunt braving it in the Dahyeh. I wish now I wasn't so stubborn myself and told her goodbye before I left Lebanon last month. I hope I'll have another chance to make it up...
allah ye7mikoun ya jame3a...
thank you for the updates. our hearts are with you...
Eve sending you the post to complete, is such a touching thing...
solidarity and bonding at its best.
good luck
I wish I was in Lebanon....I wish I was with you....I'm so in pain....in guilt.
I'm still awake and it is 7h20!
I hope you can make it to hamra this afternoon.
we can meet in front of Taj el moulouk ( Makhfar hbeche) at 6h.
Good luck at Taj el moulouk, I was there 6 years ago buying baklawa to take home to California. My heart is with all of you.
I am so sad for my cousin Majid, who was going to get married in Mieh-Mieh August 12, and all the relatives were going to fly in for the wedding. I don't know if he can even get there now, he lives in the Gulf and I don't know if he's back in the dai'ah yet.
Praying for everyone. God bless you all.
guy,
"Our army does ALL IT CAN to avoid hiting civilians"
yeah, right. what a job your army is doing! I wonder what kind of cooperation did she do.
thx delirious for being there!
no ramz, it's not Cana. it's a family in the south whose entire members became, two days ago, nonexistant; thx to that army up there, which is doing "all it can" to blah blah and blah!
in either case, this is not a time to blame. it is a time to stop those warplanes from killing more of "her".
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