When this article was written, Everything's changed, at the end of April 2023, our main  concern was the reorganization of a post-covid, post-lockdowns world.

A thorough look at the Wikipedia detailed Timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2023 reveals a shift in governmental attitudes and Palestinian reactions since January 2023, with the will expressed in Tel Aviv to change the Disengagement Law initiated by Ariel Sharon in 2005, which had allowed the evacuation of 8,000 settlers in Gaza, and of a few dozens in four settlements of the West Bank, including Homesh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict_in_2023

All through January and February there was a dangerous escalation in attacks, car-rammings, raids, that culminated in the assassination of two Israeli civilians near Huwara, and the settlers' rampage that ensued, with a hundred cars and forty homes torched. The Jenin raids in January and March revealed a new situation, with explosive devices, and the intervention of a helicopter gunship in June, coupled with the firing of rockets from Gaza. At the time, the Gaza skirmishes were limited to the sole Palestinian Islamic Jihad, leading the Israeli military brass to the conclusion that Hamas was not interested in a conflict with Israel.

Looking back, it's obvious things were simmering, boiling below the surface, in a way that had not been experienced since the Second Intifada 2000-2005), leading some observers to wonder if we were not witnessing a third intifada in the making. Settlers' "retaliatory" rampages, in Huwara on February 26 and Al Lubban on June 21, were something unprecedented in its scope and violence. Likewise, the incidents at Joseph's Tomb, next to Balata Camp, south of Nablus, remind us of the highly irrational basis of so many decisions and collective happenings.

Joseph's Tomb : Torah autists vs Coran autists, or what ? Who has any proof that Jacob's son was buried there ? It is said that the monument was built two centuries ago, but that this place refers to a wise man from Islam, Sheikh Yusuf, a healer in his time. How far back do we have to go to live in the present ?

Take it back to October 4 and 5, as far as I am concerned. I was to participate in several peace meetings in Jerusalem and by the Dead Sea, with Vivian Silver and all the other women in white (Women Wage Peace). October 6, on a Friday, I would have joined friends in Sderot, one mile from Gaza, and would have spent the evening and night in their home.

October 7, shortly before seven, we would have woken up at the sound of sirens, and taken refuge in their shelter. How long did they have to stay inside ? Three whole days and nights ?

On the morning of October 7, the police station of Sderot, less than a half-mile from my friends' home, was raided by Gaza teams, with RPGs and grenades, who slaughtered the eighteen men inside. 

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