
Stranded by War
We are struggling on two fronts: we worry about friends and family, and we are preoccupied with our own “survival” on a trip extended beyond our control.

We are struggling on two fronts: we worry about friends and family, and we are preoccupied with our own “survival” on a trip extended beyond our control.



We, the entire country, were awakened by air raid sirens and a few minutes later by an ear-splitting continuous shriek on our phones. EXTREME ALERT!

I used to remember every terrorist attack, read about every victim. How can we do that when 1,200 were murdered in one day?

I pray that technology will never again overshadow HUMINT—the invaluable resource that listens to the “heart,” senses the nuances of change in the enemy, in patients, and in ourselves.

It’s difficult not to compare. Not to imagine. Not to remember the words, “Never Again.” Yet here we are “Again” but this time we have an army. We have soldiers. And there they were.

These are our daily dilemmas. Fears. Stresses. Who accepts this in a recognized, sovereign country?

We don’t want the “right to defend ourselves.” We demand the right to live without having to defend ourselves daily.

Nothing is normal in Israel after 11 months of war, after constant battles on three fronts, after 11 months of desperation for our hostages still held captive, after the execution of six of them.