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Please come support the Western Negev tonight

Until Gazans are building homes and hospitals and ports, they will be underground building tunnels

My name is Adele and I live about two kilometers from the border with the Gaza Strip. And I am livid! I am disappointed with my government for not taking advantage of the window of opportunity that they have had for the past 3 ½ years – since Operation Protective Shield – to do something to change the status quo, without it looking like it was happening as a result of terrorism and rockets. All that time when they could have come to agreements with the other side, and with the help of other governments, to make Gaza a better place for people to live. To help rebuild Gaza, providing jobs for people, providing a horizon of hope.

Because until Gazans are building homes and hospitals and ports, they will be underground building tunnels, they will be developing new, “improved” ways (even if those are primitive balloons and kites causing the fires we have been fighting for the past 4+ months).

The Hamas and news agencies call this a ceasefire. But my government has NOT announced that there is, in fact, as ceasefire. My government has not told me anything. So here we are… in limbo.

* I want my government to lead and decide for me, not the Hamas.
* I want my government to inform me about ceasefires that are happening, and escalations, and other developments on the ground, not from the Hamas or the news agencies.
* I want my government to be PROactive and not REactive.
* I want my government to fight terror while at the same time pursuing diplomatic solutions. Because saying “there is no one to talk to” is a fallacy. An excuse for good diplomacy. “We don’t make peace with our friends, we make peace with our enemies.” Remember?

I know very well where I live, and yet….as citizens of Israel, we deserve an equality to security. When the rockets are flying, the Security Cabinet put us on the agenda. But when things are relatively quiet, we are “out of sight, out of mind”. So please, come join me tonight at 20:00 opposite the Hashalom train station to demand from our government the equality of security that we in the Western Negev deserve, as much as the rest of the country.

For more information, please see the Facebook page for The Movement for the Future of the Western Negev or here for the Hebrew page.

About the Author
The writer (aka "Zioness on the Border" on social media) is a mother and a grandmother who since 1975 has been living and raising her family on Kibbutz Nirim along the usually paradisiacal, sometimes hellishly volatile border with the Gaza Strip. She founded and moderates a 13K-strong Facebook group named "Life on the Border with Gaza". The writer blogs about the dreams and dramas that are part of border kibbutznik life. Until recently, she could often be found photographing her beloved region, which is exactly what she had planned to do at sunrise, October 7th. Fortunately, she did not go out that morning. As a result, she survived the murderous terror infiltrations of that tragic day, hunkering down in her safe room with her 33-year-old son for 11 terrifying hours. So many of her friends and neighbors, though, were not so lucky. More than she can even count. Adele was an educator for 38 years in her regional school, and has been one of the go-to voices of the Western Negev when escalations on the southern border have journalists looking for people on the ground. On October 7, her 95% Heaven transformed into 100% Hell. Since then she has given a multitude of interviews. She has gone on five missions abroad in support of Israel and as an advocate for her people. In addition to fighting the current wave of lies and blood libels about the Jewish state, she is raising money to help restore their Paradise so that members of her kibbutz can return to their homes on the border, where they can begin to heal. If you wish to learn more about how you can help her and her community return home, please feel free to drop her a line.
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