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From Jerusalem Diaries:
A plea, an update, a prayer/poem
From a new widow - to the judges in the Hague who dare to sit in judgement on Israel's "security" wall.....
From: Fanny Haim, whose husband Yehuda was killed on Bus #14 in Jerusalem yesterday [Feb 23, 2004] appeals to the judges in The Hague:
"Today, in The Hague, you will sit in judgment. Today, I will bury my husband, my heart - which has been cut in two.
I am not a politician. I am appealing to you as someone who has lost her husband, a woman whose heart has been silenced - and a woman whose
tragedy the separation fence could have prevented. I was married to Yehuda for 21 years. He was the love of my youth, since I was 15.
Yehuda's sister is Israel's Economic Attache in The Hague and works in the Embassy there. For months, she, her husband and the Embassy staff have been trying to open the world's eyes. For months, they have been fighting for the rights of the State of Israel.
As for me, what could I have asked for? Only for my small right, my husband's right, the right to see our children grow and prosper, go to school and serve in the army.
I will no longer receive this right. But today, you can see to it that other Israeli families will merit this basic thing - to raise a happy family, to get up in the morning without bereavement, without gravestones, and without cemeteries.
Today, as you begin your deliberations with open eyes, think, just for a moment, about the ordinary people behind this bloody conflict. Think for a moment about the golden heart of my husband Yehuda, and about our young son, Avner. Maybe you can explain to him - he's only 10-years-old - why in God's Name he doesn't have a father any more.
People will enter your hall today, who will speak, who will accuse. Mourners will enter my home and I will be unable to understand and I will certainly not be consoled. This evening, you will go home, kiss your spouses, hug your children - and I will be alone.
True, the politics are far from me, but now as the pain is far too close to me, I think that I have acquired, with integrity and with tears, the right to appeal to you and say: If there had been a fence all along the length of the state, then maybe I, just like you, could kiss my husband this evening.
Do not judge my country; do not restrain it from preventing additional people from becoming victims. Today, I am burying my husband; don't you bury justice.
Fanny Haim, Jerusalem
News Update From the Hadassah Medical Organization
Monday, February 23, 2004
Both Hadassah Medical Center at Ein Kerem and Hadassah Hospital at
Mount Scopus treated the wounded of yesterday's suicide bombing of bus
No. 14 near Liberty Bell Park; it was the second suicide bus bombing
in Jerusalem in less than a month. The blast took place in the early
hours of the day, killing eight and wounding over 70, many of them
young students on their way to school.
28 of the wounded were brought to Ein Kerem; 6 were brought to Mount
Scopus. As of this afternoon, fourteen remain hospitalized at Ein
Kerem, one still in severe condition. Two remain at Mount Scopus, both
in mild condition.
The following is a more detailed report provided by Ron Krumer,
Director of External Affairs of the Hadassah Medical Organization:
Yesterday morning, workers were dismantling the C.T. scan at Mt.
Scopus in order to make room for a new one. It was pretty much
dismantled when the alert about the Bus no. 14 explosion came. The
workers reversed action and succeeded to re-assemble it, so that it
was ready for action when a C.T. scan would be needed for one of the
wounded. 3 weeks passed since the bus no. 19 explosion, yet I enjoyed
playing with the thought that it was much longer. The news reached me
while I was doing something that perhaps couldn't be further removed -
I was sitting in the cafeteria hosting the administrative director of
the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, meeting with Dr. Martine
Toledano, head of the department of complementary medicine.
34 of the wounded were brought to our two hospitals.
Below are accounts of three patients who were affected by yesterday's
tragedy:
Oz Iluz (age 12) - Oz is the goalkeeper of the children's team of
Beitar Yerushalayim, the most popular soccer team in Israel, who was
riding bus No. 14 on his way to school. (He is the third player of
that team that was injured in a terror attack). Oz was hurt in his
face and his eye. When he was checked upon arriving at the hospital,
doctors noticed a bulge near his wrist and thought he had a fracture.
Only after looking at an x-ray, they could see that it was a piece of
someone else's bone that penetrated his hand.
Ron Cohen (age 24) - injuries to his eyes. He was operated on
yesterday for more than 5 hours. Ron is the son of a senior official
of the municipality of Jerusalem. His brother is a well-known news
photographer. He discovered him on the site of the explosion as he
arrived to take pictures there.
Chanan Michael (age 90!) - Chanan's life was saved yesterday because
he refused to sit down as another passenger offered him his seat, and
he remained standing by the driver. Chanan is still working 5 days a
week at a large travel agency that brings many groups to Hadassah.
----------------------------
FROM LESSA ROSKIN, ALON SHVUT:
The 14 Bus
The 14 bus
to and from Beit haKerem
our bus line for 23 years
the first stop - the last stop
going to the central bus station
going to the shuk
going down town
going to a meeting
going to meet a friend
going to Talpiot
going to a doctor
going to dinner with Michael
going to --------DEATH!
Even though we weren't on that bus
Even though our best friends weren't blown up
Even though we may not know the people who have been injured
We saw the photos of another 8 innocent people murdered
We saw the wreckage of another mangled bus
We saw the agony of the injured
We saw the terror of the passengers
We saw the dismay of the bystanders
We feel - again and again - the pain and anguish of all the families
Could have been me or you
on any busline in Israel
in any city or countryside bus stop
living or visiting here
in our promised land
our G-d given land
our land of the Bible -flowing with milk and honey
the fragrant scent of the white-pink almond tree blossoms
Jews are being murdered here
Pograms in eretz yisrael
by Arabs nurtured on HATE
Palestinian children are being taught to hate:
from their parents
from their schools
from their relegious teachings and beliefs
from their cultural activities
from their childhood games
from their political leaders
from their TV shows
They are being taught to become "shahids"
suicide bombers
Hate the Jews , hate the Israelis,hate America, hate democracy
the hate is spreading
the hate is becoming legitimate
the hate is rampant in Europe
the hate is raising its ugly head in America
Jews are being murdered here in Israel
We'll cry, we'll suffer, we'll mourn
we'll be angry, frustrated, disappointed, disillusioned, distraught
BUT we'll SURVIVE and somehow begin
Rosh Chodesh Adar with joy - "marbeem b'simcha"
we'll build and strengthen our faith in Ha Shem
and continue to pray and learn Torah
and walk our historic pathways
and visit our forefathers and mother's graves
and speak our ancient unique Hebrew language
and teach our heritage to our grandchildren
and touch the stones of the Kotel
and hike in the biblical landscape
and REMEMBER who we are, where we came from,
and why we're living in Israel
and we'll continue to observe meaningful shabbats and holidays
with family and friends
BUT what will you do? living so far away?
Don't feel guilty if - G-d forbid - someday
we take that final bus ride
to the last stop of life
Don't have regrets that you didn't do enough
to help fight this war
Be an activist - NOW
for your people, for yourself, for your family
don't be apathetic
fight anti-semitism whereever it is
monitor the media and get them to tell the truth
boycott products from countries who don't support Israel
don't visit those countries
contact your Congressman and emphasize that
Israel's fight against terrorism and
our stable democracy
are in America's best interests
come and visit us soon (maybe consider making äliyah)
That 14 bus is
your bus
your people
your country
your life and ours
AmYisrael Chai !
With blessings from Israel
Lessa, Alon Shvut
Am Yisrael Khai!!
A plea, an update, a prayer/poem
From a new widow - to the judges in the Hague who dare to sit in judgement on Israel's "security" wall.....
From: Fanny Haim, whose husband Yehuda was killed on Bus #14 in Jerusalem yesterday [Feb 23, 2004] appeals to the judges in The Hague:
"Today, in The Hague, you will sit in judgment. Today, I will bury my husband, my heart - which has been cut in two.
I am not a politician. I am appealing to you as someone who has lost her husband, a woman whose heart has been silenced - and a woman whose
tragedy the separation fence could have prevented. I was married to Yehuda for 21 years. He was the love of my youth, since I was 15.
Yehuda's sister is Israel's Economic Attache in The Hague and works in the Embassy there. For months, she, her husband and the Embassy staff have been trying to open the world's eyes. For months, they have been fighting for the rights of the State of Israel.
As for me, what could I have asked for? Only for my small right, my husband's right, the right to see our children grow and prosper, go to school and serve in the army.
I will no longer receive this right. But today, you can see to it that other Israeli families will merit this basic thing - to raise a happy family, to get up in the morning without bereavement, without gravestones, and without cemeteries.
Today, as you begin your deliberations with open eyes, think, just for a moment, about the ordinary people behind this bloody conflict. Think for a moment about the golden heart of my husband Yehuda, and about our young son, Avner. Maybe you can explain to him - he's only 10-years-old - why in God's Name he doesn't have a father any more.
People will enter your hall today, who will speak, who will accuse. Mourners will enter my home and I will be unable to understand and I will certainly not be consoled. This evening, you will go home, kiss your spouses, hug your children - and I will be alone.
True, the politics are far from me, but now as the pain is far too close to me, I think that I have acquired, with integrity and with tears, the right to appeal to you and say: If there had been a fence all along the length of the state, then maybe I, just like you, could kiss my husband this evening.
Do not judge my country; do not restrain it from preventing additional people from becoming victims. Today, I am burying my husband; don't you bury justice.
Fanny Haim, Jerusalem
News Update From the Hadassah Medical Organization
Monday, February 23, 2004
Both Hadassah Medical Center at Ein Kerem and Hadassah Hospital at
Mount Scopus treated the wounded of yesterday's suicide bombing of bus
No. 14 near Liberty Bell Park; it was the second suicide bus bombing
in Jerusalem in less than a month. The blast took place in the early
hours of the day, killing eight and wounding over 70, many of them
young students on their way to school.
28 of the wounded were brought to Ein Kerem; 6 were brought to Mount
Scopus. As of this afternoon, fourteen remain hospitalized at Ein
Kerem, one still in severe condition. Two remain at Mount Scopus, both
in mild condition.
The following is a more detailed report provided by Ron Krumer,
Director of External Affairs of the Hadassah Medical Organization:
Yesterday morning, workers were dismantling the C.T. scan at Mt.
Scopus in order to make room for a new one. It was pretty much
dismantled when the alert about the Bus no. 14 explosion came. The
workers reversed action and succeeded to re-assemble it, so that it
was ready for action when a C.T. scan would be needed for one of the
wounded. 3 weeks passed since the bus no. 19 explosion, yet I enjoyed
playing with the thought that it was much longer. The news reached me
while I was doing something that perhaps couldn't be further removed -
I was sitting in the cafeteria hosting the administrative director of
the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, meeting with Dr. Martine
Toledano, head of the department of complementary medicine.
34 of the wounded were brought to our two hospitals.
Below are accounts of three patients who were affected by yesterday's
tragedy:
Oz Iluz (age 12) - Oz is the goalkeeper of the children's team of
Beitar Yerushalayim, the most popular soccer team in Israel, who was
riding bus No. 14 on his way to school. (He is the third player of
that team that was injured in a terror attack). Oz was hurt in his
face and his eye. When he was checked upon arriving at the hospital,
doctors noticed a bulge near his wrist and thought he had a fracture.
Only after looking at an x-ray, they could see that it was a piece of
someone else's bone that penetrated his hand.
Ron Cohen (age 24) - injuries to his eyes. He was operated on
yesterday for more than 5 hours. Ron is the son of a senior official
of the municipality of Jerusalem. His brother is a well-known news
photographer. He discovered him on the site of the explosion as he
arrived to take pictures there.
Chanan Michael (age 90!) - Chanan's life was saved yesterday because
he refused to sit down as another passenger offered him his seat, and
he remained standing by the driver. Chanan is still working 5 days a
week at a large travel agency that brings many groups to Hadassah.
----------------------------
FROM LESSA ROSKIN, ALON SHVUT:
The 14 Bus
The 14 bus
to and from Beit haKerem
our bus line for 23 years
the first stop - the last stop
going to the central bus station
going to the shuk
going down town
going to a meeting
going to meet a friend
going to Talpiot
going to a doctor
going to dinner with Michael
going to --------DEATH!
Even though we weren't on that bus
Even though our best friends weren't blown up
Even though we may not know the people who have been injured
We saw the photos of another 8 innocent people murdered
We saw the wreckage of another mangled bus
We saw the agony of the injured
We saw the terror of the passengers
We saw the dismay of the bystanders
We feel - again and again - the pain and anguish of all the families
Could have been me or you
on any busline in Israel
in any city or countryside bus stop
living or visiting here
in our promised land
our G-d given land
our land of the Bible -flowing with milk and honey
the fragrant scent of the white-pink almond tree blossoms
Jews are being murdered here
Pograms in eretz yisrael
by Arabs nurtured on HATE
Palestinian children are being taught to hate:
from their parents
from their schools
from their relegious teachings and beliefs
from their cultural activities
from their childhood games
from their political leaders
from their TV shows
They are being taught to become "shahids"
suicide bombers
Hate the Jews , hate the Israelis,hate America, hate democracy
the hate is spreading
the hate is becoming legitimate
the hate is rampant in Europe
the hate is raising its ugly head in America
Jews are being murdered here in Israel
We'll cry, we'll suffer, we'll mourn
we'll be angry, frustrated, disappointed, disillusioned, distraught
BUT we'll SURVIVE and somehow begin
Rosh Chodesh Adar with joy - "marbeem b'simcha"
we'll build and strengthen our faith in Ha Shem
and continue to pray and learn Torah
and walk our historic pathways
and visit our forefathers and mother's graves
and speak our ancient unique Hebrew language
and teach our heritage to our grandchildren
and touch the stones of the Kotel
and hike in the biblical landscape
and REMEMBER who we are, where we came from,
and why we're living in Israel
and we'll continue to observe meaningful shabbats and holidays
with family and friends
BUT what will you do? living so far away?
Don't feel guilty if - G-d forbid - someday
we take that final bus ride
to the last stop of life
Don't have regrets that you didn't do enough
to help fight this war
Be an activist - NOW
for your people, for yourself, for your family
don't be apathetic
fight anti-semitism whereever it is
monitor the media and get them to tell the truth
boycott products from countries who don't support Israel
don't visit those countries
contact your Congressman and emphasize that
Israel's fight against terrorism and
our stable democracy
are in America's best interests
come and visit us soon (maybe consider making äliyah)
That 14 bus is
your bus
your people
your country
your life and ours
AmYisrael Chai !
With blessings from Israel
Lessa, Alon Shvut
Am Yisrael Khai!!
