I rarely ever post anything regarding the Israeli-Mideast stuff. But a couple weeks ago there was a horrible event where an Israeli-Arab walked into a school with kids of age of 14 through 19 and shot 8 of them dead until they were able to stop him.
I spent a year in a school like this when I was 17 or so. I just can't imagine sitting there, studying the bible and then all of a sudden a crazy person comes in and just shoots at people. Yes, this has happened enough times in America at schools, but typically by students of the school who have issues, not total strangers of the school.
It is just so sad to see things like this. Sad to see it in Israel, sad to see it in America, sad to see it anywhere. The movie above documents some of the horror.
I am trying to be brief on purpose.
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I am pleased to see you write about this kind of stuff, why else keep a personal blog if you can't write about things that matter most to you. I too also attended a school like this in Israel when I was 15. Although things like this occur here in America, America has no problem explaining those events. In the case for Israel, facts get twisted and distorted. Israel needs a voice. Thanks for sharing...
Posted by: Adam Sussman (ShandyKing) | March 14, 2008 2:12 PM
Thanks for writing that; this attack was particularly shocking, and has cast a cloud over all of Israel. One of the murdered students was from our town (Efrat) and it was a wrenching experience to visit the grieving family last week.
Posted by: Tuppy Glossop | March 15, 2008 2:30 PM