By Marney Blom
After spending a number of weeks in Canada, I returned to Israel not quite knowing what to expect. I quickly discovered that life in Jerusalem appeared relatively normal: restaurants and buses were packed, people were out on the streets and the market place was in full bustle.
But then it happened — an instant reality check. Absorbed in a computer video, and having lost all track of time, I was suddenly jerked back to the present with the dreaded sound of an air raid siren signalling a missile was headed toward Jerusalem. I could hear the scurrying of neighbours in my apartment block as they scrambled to get themselves and their families into the apartment building’s safe rooms.
I did likewise. I closed the three-tiered heavy metal window, secured the safe room door, switched on the light, hit the deck and started praying.
I live in the south of Jerusalem — potentially the first place in the line of fire as Hamas launches powerful Iranian-built long range missiles from Gaza southwest of us. As I lay on the floor with adrenalin rushing through me, I realized that this was merely a small taste of what Israelis living in the south experience on an ongoing basis.
Yesterday, Israel’s Prime Minister warned the nation that the end of the conflict may not be immediately at hand, “Our struggle against the terrorist organizations is long and has continued for many years,” said Netanyahu. “Operation Protective Edge has not ended, not even for a moment ….”
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