Israelis, Lebanese Blog As Bombs Fall
July 28th, 2006 at 01:50pm Keith Hemstreet 8
As the war escalates between Israel and Lebanon, citizens of both countries are communicating via blogs.
Already dubbed “the most blogged war” people from both sides of the border have been documenting their thoughts and experiences online since the conflict began.
Lisa Goldman, a resident of Tel Aviv, addressed the issue on her blog, “Will this turn out to be the first time that residents of ‘enemy’ countries engaged in an ongoing conversation while missiles were falling?”
Goldman’s blog, On The Face, encourages open dialogue between Israelis and Lebanese.
Today The Wall Street Journal ran a story on the war’s blog phenomenon. In the article, WSJ writer, Sarah Ellison, quotes a blogger from the Lebanese Political Journal who wrote, “Chatting with Israelis is awkward. But one remembers that we are still humans regardless of where our borders lie.”
It’s fascinating to read of people’s personal experiences in the midst of war. What is most chilling is that it is happening now, in real time. People are suffering and dying and they are telling their stories to the world via the internet.
Excerpt from the Israel North Blog:
Haifa, Morichic. July 28, 2006
After the bombings Mom goes up to the roof with the Bedouin neighbour and look for the spots where the rockets fell. From the roof one can see the Bay, and northern towns, and Acre…. And down there in the city, and on the right and on the left, there are holes in the land, holes in the houses, holes in people's lives…
Excerpt from the Lebanese Political Journal:
Bombs in Blue Skies
It's a beautiful morning in Beirut. At 6am, I heard loud explosions. The booming stopped within half an hour. My taxi is coming in from Syria. We'll see if I'm leaving. The Irish are evacuating by bus through Syria.
There are still clouds on the horizon. Yesterday was particularly cloudy. The wind had changed, so all of the explosive powder and dust from the assault on Dahieh was in Beirut. Eyes, noses, and throats stung with irritation.
At first, we worried that it was gas, either the result of a chemical weapons attack or the result of a bomb vaporizing ammonia. The rumors that Israel used white phosphorus against villagers in the south heightened concern about a chemical attack.
We'll see what today brings.
Related Blogs:
Lebanese Political Journal Blog
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