One more thing: there is little I can do more than write support and help people at least think about the horror. I can donate to Red Crescent and others. I saw that Gold Belly, from which we periodically order (and at whose site I 'window' shop when I can't afford to justify buying) that they have a list of places from which to order who will donate their profits to Israeli help organizations. I wrote to Gold Belly suggesting that they reach out to Middle Eastern restaurants offered on their site to consider similarly to donate to Red Crescent.
I want peace. I want no more harm to the hostages. I want my family in Israel to be safe. I want the childhood friends who were visiting to get out safely [the process is daunting.] And 'let there be peace on earth...." Just as you draw, Steve, I can write not always eloquently but with passion.
Oh yes, I'm analyzing my own actions - as a Jewish American woman speaking up for those in Gaza - is it to 'balance' the many notes of empathy to me? Is it more because silence = complicity? This via Johns Hopkins goes further to the quote from the Red Crescent and to your drawing, steve. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/the-rules-of-war-and-human-rights-in-the-israel-hamas-war?utm_source=Public+Health+Updates&utm_campaign=ca9e9dfe0c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_10_13_01_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ca9e9dfe0c-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
One more thing: there is little I can do more than write support and help people at least think about the horror. I can donate to Red Crescent and others. I saw that Gold Belly, from which we periodically order (and at whose site I 'window' shop when I can't afford to justify buying) that they have a list of places from which to order who will donate their profits to Israeli help organizations. I wrote to Gold Belly suggesting that they reach out to Middle Eastern restaurants offered on their site to consider similarly to donate to Red Crescent.
I want peace. I want no more harm to the hostages. I want my family in Israel to be safe. I want the childhood friends who were visiting to get out safely [the process is daunting.] And 'let there be peace on earth...." Just as you draw, Steve, I can write not always eloquently but with passion.
Such a sad sad situation