
A Hole in My Heart
Like most everyone, I too was taken aback by the horrific release of the dead bodies returned to Israel. We knew they were holding dead bodies. We knew this moment would come, but when it came it still staggered the mind and wrenched emotions. I would be sitting, and my mind would drift to the thought of what had just occurred. I would start to cry. In the middle of work or in the middle of lunch or sitting on the couch at home I could not escape the horror, and you begin to wonder how we got to this place. I have read about people acting inhumanely over the centuries. You can’t really classify them as “barbarians.” The word comes from the Greeks and was perpetuated by the Romans to address “the other” — the people who weren’t Greeks or Romans. It has become a word that over the years symbolizes the thoughts of the most uncivilized and brutal people. Attila the Hun and then Genghis Khan were widely known for brutalizing people they conquered. Hamas has no apparent peer rivaling their degenerate behavior. The only thing that comes to mind is the Hutus’ mass murder of Tutsis in Rwanda. They raped and killed women and children in large… Read More