Under Fire, part 36

Day 25: are we getting closer? Last night's announcement that the US and France have a proposed UN resolution for a cease-fire that also recognizes our right to defend ourselves gives me some hope. However, the process of getting a resolution through all the hoops, and then the dubious chance of it being accepted by Hezbullah and Lebanon, means that I shouldn't get my hopes up too high.


In the meantime, we must be prepared to endure more time in our shelters. A friend sends me this picture of the entrance to his buildings bomb shelter and the rather appropriate graffiti that someone added...

What is it all about? Take a look at this short video about some of the more commonly-discussed myths of this war.

The silent victims: Besides the human and economic costs of this war, there are two other victims—the environment and pets. Hundreds of fires have been started by ketushot landing in dry brush, and thousands of pets have been lost and even abandoned as families in the north scramble for safety. While we can rely on the police sapper units to deal with ketushot (they estimate that about 2500 have been found and another 2500 might still be out there), the pets need civilian intervention. CHAI, a wonderul animal protection group in Israel, has been organizing rescue work. You can read more here (there is information at the bottom of the article about making a donation).

The silent readers: Seems that many of you want to leave comments but don't have a blogger account. I've opened the comments to all, so let's see what happens...