I think she describes a pain parallel to the horror and pain we in America felt at the bombing deaths of so many innocent people in Oklahoma City. The nation of Israel stands broken in grief. We are in national mourning, we are in pain and are numb to everything else. It is not extraordinary to see people walking around like zombies, tears streaming from everyone s faces. It s hard to think of anything else.
Nobody needs to tell the movie theaters and coffee houses to close, it s a natural response.
I can say that I was here. I needed to be a part of this, to feel the pain of my People, to feel the numbness of those who have left us. To shed tears until my eyes burn. To continue staring at the front page of the newspaper bearing the photographs of 73 of our best Golani forces, our cream of the crop. To know each and everyone s name as if he were my next door neighbor.