Life must go on

Lisa Goldman at On the Face brings to our attention an inspiring blog,
Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot, written by two friends, one Palestinian one Israeli, who met 18 months ago when Gazans could still enter Israel. Read it for real voices, beyond rhetoric, of those who live this conflict:

‘ First Post – 20 January, 2008

‘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.

‘The past week was very difficult. Probably close to 200 rockets with several people wounded. A couple rockets fell in a range of 40-60 meters from our home. One fell without any preparation (siren) and caught me in the shower.

‘This morning I called my friend "Peace man" from Gaza. He told me that things have been quiet today. 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 due to the lack of goods.

‘In the past week Israel has been using more force than in the past few months. This has brought about a new chain of violence with many Palestinians killed. About half of them unarmed civilians. As a result the Hamas which has stopped firing rockets to Israel for several months has once again started shelling Sderot.

‘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.’