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Israel's 9/11
Posted: October 7, 2024
October 7 will be recognized by Israel in a similar way to September 11 for Americans…
Painting by Udi Merioz
Yes, October 7th
is Israel’s September 11th.
Their Ground Zero
was a ground offensive
by Hamas
that blindsided innocent concert goers
giving a human face
to inhumane terror.
It was a kind of
Woodstock Festival
punctuated by rivers of blood
instead of puddles of mud.
Hostages were kidnapped.
Lives were stolen.
Babies were beheaded.
Evil assaulted the vulnerable.
It was a day the music died.
The Land of Promise
promised revenge.
And rightly so.
Untold wrong
had raped the region.
Retaliation was a given
in light of what was taken.
And Gaza
bore the brunt
of a nation
whose pride
had been bruised
and whose heart
had been broken.
Eye for eye!
Tooth for tooth!
Innocent for innocent!
War for war!
Death for death!
Lord, have mercy!
Lord, bring peace!
Lord, forgive!
Lord, restore!
Lord, bring the hostages home!
Lord, hear our prayer!
**This painting is by Udi Merioz, an Israeli artist I met in Jerusalem five years ago. It pictures the IDF at the Wailing Wall praying for peace.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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Posted: October 7, 2024
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