Scary Realities

The left most marker represents the "Sea Net Hotel" where I stayed in in Tel Aviv, while the right marker represents where the rocket hit in the city last week. It's a mere 15 minute walk/7 minute car ride between the two according to Google Maps. To further put it in perspective, where the rocket hit is just a five minute walk from King George Street - a street that I, as well as many others on my trip, walked down during the Tel Aviv scavenger hunt we participated in on during the month-long Israel trip we took this summer.

As of November 2012, over 1,947 rockets had been launched at Israel from Gaza since January 2012. Fortunately, Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted many of the rockets. I am so concerned about my friends in Israel. I am keeping in contact with some of them and their fear is apparent. The beauty of Israel is that they always keep a calm attitude even when their innocent civilians are being hit by bombs from Gaza. I think the United States and/or Israel needs to make an immediate move on Gaza or else the situation will only get worse. It is like poking a lion in the eye. Nothing good can come out of it.

How I think of this is, what if Mexico decided to bomb Texas?

That's what this situation is like. That's not okay. It may not be the same situation because there are a lot of underlying tensions in the Middle East, but the idea of neighbors bombing each other is what I'm trying to get at. I cannot even imagine what state of chaos would erupt here if anything like that ever happened in America.