You don't hear about it often. It's not easy to execute. But there are friendships across the border. This is an interchange between two friends,on either side of the border. They are both frightened. The Israeli is scared for her friend’s safety. The Gazan is scared to be identified in any way, of interacting with an Israeli. I am just an intermediary. My name is Adele. I live in a kibbutz on the border with the Gaza Strip. As I was running back and forth to my reinforced concrete safe room, and when a barrage of 7 rockets within the space of 15 minutes caught me mid- shower,this interchange was going on in a virtual environment.
Arabs and Jews can be friends. People connect with people. These two met in the physical world, under very special circumstances. For a period of a few weeks, or they were both plucked out of their normal realities and had an opportunity to get to know each other,as human beings, as mothers, or as women sharing the same concerns for their families that women share all over the world. Two women whom,under different circumstances (had they never met) might not care whether the other lived or died. In even different circumstances they could be neighbors, consoling each other over a cup of tea. Unfortunately in the current circumstances, or all they can execute is communicate via What'sApp. All that I personally can execute is to try and get their voices out. Their names and professions absorb been obscured for the protection of the Gazan woman whose life would be in even more danger from Hamas retaliation than it already is from the Israeli bombings of Hamas targets near her. Gazan woman: Hi,thank you so much for asking. I'm not certain whether I can see myself ok, I lost my home, and my family lost their home,and it keeps getting worse every minute..
Israeli woman: Thank god you came back to me. Is your husband ok?Gazan woman: He's better now. The kids deeply traumatized though Israeli woman: And execute you absorb somewhere to stay? We are seeing terrible picturesGazan woman: I give them medicine to put them to bed because they wouldn't sleep at nightIsraeli woman: That there is nowhere for them to goGazan woman: I'm moving between my friends' and my in lawsIsraeli woman: People, I meanGazan woman: YesIsraeli woman: Wow. Are you further away from the bombing, or then?Gazan woman: No I'm notIsraeli woman: So the Air Force are still bombing where you live/ Did your school get hit?Gazan woman: YesIsraeli woman: I guessed.
Gazan woman: Yesterday schools were supposed to startIsraeli woman: What is happening with that? I guess nothing,right?Gazan woman: Here we disappear - A enormous bomb right now as I'm talking to youIsraeli woman: Omg Food? water? execute you absorb enough?Gazan woman: No. No electricity tooIsraeli woman: All the time?Gazan woman: Like 20-22 hours a day no powerIs there a message you want to give? I can publicly say something whether you wantGazan woman: I want this to endIsraeli woman: I know my love. So execute weGazan woman: Gaza is already an un livable place, and they're making it even worseIsraeli woman: We people don't deserve thisGazan woman: Waiting for death is so much painful than death itself. I wish I could get out of hereIsraeli woman: Can you get to the field hospital that we set up? I wish I could get you outGazan woman: It's very far awayIsraeli woman: The images we are seeing are very very frighteningGazan woman: And that's not even the half of itIsraeli woman: I absorb many friends who care as much about you as I doGazan woman: I knowIsraeli woman: One of them lives on a kibbutz right opposite GazaGazan woman: And I'm very sorry for that little kid (Israeli boy who was killed)Israeli woman: They absorb mortar bombs You also absorb terrible, or terrible casualtiesGazan woman: YesIsraeli woman: They (Hamas) are firing everywhere they likeGazan woman: Many injuries,people losing parts of their bodiesIsraeli woman: It's insane. I know. We see it all. I also get sirens as wellGazan woman: It scares the shit out of me to think that my kids might discontinuance up like thisIsraeli woman: The world has gone crazy. Our kids are also going insane. The sirens scare them. We are supposed to disappear back to school next week.
Gazan woman: When I open the door my kids start screaming bloody murder. The slightest noise freaks them outIsraeli woman: execute you want to send ( people in Israel) a message? I want to let them hear a voice from Gaza. I won't name you.
Gazan woman: Yes I doIsraeli woman: I can also give it to (my children’s teachers) and my contact. I promise no name, no photo. Tell me what you want to say. I will tell the worldGazan woman: I just despise this whole thing, and kids shouldn't be killed like this,from BOTH sides. Yes certain…Israeli woman: We execute not hear enough peace voices from GazaGazan woman: I really execute (want peace)Israeli woman: That's the problem. Some people believe they don't existGazan woman: We both exist on this land, and it would be so damn silly of either can live on it alone.
Israeli woman: It will be suitable therapy tooGazan woman: YesIsraeli woman: I'm praying for the day when I can see you.
Gazan woman: Me tooIsraeli woman: I spoke to XXXX. (A mutual friend living on the West Bank) She is terrifiedGazan woman: Oh reallyIsraeli woman: That things will happen on the West BankGazan woman: YYYY (Another West Bank friend) contacted meIsraeli woman: Yes?Gazan woman: She was very supportive. I haven't heard from XXXX.
Israeli woman: She is scaredGazan woman: That's the thing, and I mean why can't they our people understand that we can be really suitable friends? Living by each otherIsraeli woman: Extremism my love. She has the children of extremists in her (facebook) XXXX is terrified of contact even with meGazan woman: I execute too That's why I can't add you on Facebook. I hope you understandIsraeli woman: I know and I execute…I wish I could send you food or clothes for the kidsGazan woman:Oh that's very kind of you. ThanksIsraeli woman: I did it for my son. They posted him near Gaza for a while. I would execute it for you. My children are your children . The problem is that the UN are a bit... unreliable sometimesGazan woman:I knowIsraeli woman: omg i cannot even begin to suppose your frustration and painGazan woman:People are suffering here because of their unreliabilityIsraeli woman: I know precisely what you are talking about. execute you absorb the Red Cross there?Gazan woman:YesIsraeli woman: Are they OK? Or the same as the UN?Gazan woman: Kind ofIsraeli woman: HmmmGazan woman: They are limited tooIsraeli woman: I understand youGazan woman: I tried contacting them,the thing is unless you are dead, or severely injured, or they can't helpIsraeli woman: Who is responsible for giving out food? The UN?Gazan woman: Life of people is so cheap here. Yes the UNIsraeli woman: execute you manage to get out during the cease fires? I think it is well-known for you to write. As I said it is suitable therapy. Write as much and as many times as you like.
Gazan woman: I did once,I was going with my husband to get milk and diapers during a cease-fire, they targeted a nearby house and I was hit in the eye. I never went out since thenIsraeli woman: I can't get you out but I can definitely earn you HEARD. What we need now is VOICES, or real voices that want peace and not death to either sideGazan woman: YesIsraeli woman: I just spoke to my friend who lives near you. She sends you her love.
Gazan woman: Oh please thank her for meIsraeli woman: I will. So disappear sit now and write something. I will edit this conversation and give it to her - no names,no pictures.
Gazan woman: Thank youIsraeli woman: It's very well-known. Describe what you see, what you feel, and your kids everything Gazan woman: Just pray for me to live enough to write Israeli woman: I am praying and I KNOW you will live through this. Be strong and be in touch with me whenever you like.
Source: cnn.com