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Plowing ahead in Israel’s wartime

Plowing ahead in wartime

Israel. Born 1948. Water then — rationed. Food stamps issued for meals. To honor a new incoming VIP, an Arab chieftain in the Negev gave his visitor the eye of a sheep.

This, word for word, is from life there now. My reporting was just told by a Jerusalem family to their relatives who live here. They then told it, word for word, to me.

“We run from our homes to take shelter from bombs raining down around us, many times, often eight times in one night. Time doesn’t matter.

“Official safe rooms have been specially created. Thick concrete walls. Sealed in, together with steel shutters and windows reinforced. These basement safe rooms are now in all, every one, of the newer buildings. Old buildings have been redone, and certain areas are reinforced to code.

“Each safe room is equipped with food, water, beds, chairs. We’re to stay there maybe two hours, sometimes all night. Ones in homes have toys, food, books.

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