Tag: israel
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IT IS ENOUGH

It isn’t much, but it’s more than most have now. It is a roof and solid walls. The oil lamp will give me light during the nights. There is no radio or television or computer, but I have paper and pencil. It is hard to write from my imagination. What I have seen in the…
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SIMPLE THINGS

Simple things. Being able to take a walk without fear is one of them. The empty blue sky overhead is another. Seeing the children running and playing again, though their innocence has been stolen. The worry remains. How long will it last this time? There is no simple solution. There is too much hate, too…
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HALO TRANSPORTATION SERVICE – A PARABLE

Israel was the first country to invest in the new teleportation technology. Rows of Halos appeared, bright neon circles suspended from wires. Problems were soon reported: people would unwittingly be swept up through a Halo and be deposited seconds later in a different part of the country. Then the disappearances started, people sucked into the…
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THE COLLABORATOR
How ironic that he should use this car in order to blend in to the street life of Haifa. When Elias had been a boy the sight of a Volkswagen would have turned heads. Not anymore. The man crossed the street in front of the car. Elias glanced at the photograph to be sure. It…