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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thank you!

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The Man’s Child's avatar

Love it.

Thank you.

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Stephen Schecter's avatar

Such a harrowing and chilling tale it leaves me speechless, grim and tight-lipped with iron in the heart. Well done, Ehud. Well done.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thank you Stephen. I like that: “grim and tight-lipped with iron in the heart.” Bullseye.

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Liba's avatar

Wowowow. No words.אין מילים

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thank you Liba!

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E. E. Negron's avatar

Long but good read. Thank you. I could actually see the nest once you found it. The nest must be protected from scavengers no matter the cost. Something that can never be taken for granted..

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Insert the parenthetical verb:

This emasculation of their phallic weapon should have (been) humiliating for the Arabs of Gaza. Somehow, it wasn’t.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thanks. Will edit after prayers.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Done. Thanks for the heads-up Esmeralda!

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E. E. Negron's avatar

👍🏻

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Sheri Oz's avatar

What an amazing piece of writing. Brilliant

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thank you Sheri.

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Miriamnae's avatar

Wonderful. Thank you.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Candice's avatar

A metaphor rich essay.

Gracias.

Captagon - the drug of choice for Jew haters throughout the world?

Certain politicians in the US must have a supplier from Gaza.

Did the authorities tox screen the bodies of the terrorists?

Entirely believable, just curious about the source.

This Shabbat can’t come soon enough.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thanks Candace. Good point about my not sourcing the Captagon claim. Maybe my next piece. It started during the "Knife Intifada," when we couldn't understand how an Arab strolling peacefully down the street could--within the flash of an eye--draw his weapon and fatally stab a random Jew before that Jew even knew that there was a threat. Meaning, the first stab was powerful, accurate, and deadly, not an easy thing to do.

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Candice's avatar

The .45 ACP cartridge was designed by John Moses Browning as a man stopper for drug fueled insurrectionists in the Philippines.

Drug enhanced performance goes back to the assassins of India.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

That’s why I recommend to all my Israeli friends to carry a 45, despite the weight. They don’t listen to me. They put hollowpoints in their 9mm and think that will suffice.

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Rebekah Lee's avatar

Yes and load it with hollow points

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Laura's avatar

I pray this is the case. Please Israel, do not hesitate to completely destroy ALL of your enemies who are also our enemies in the diaspora. Ignore the global outcry no matter what they accuse you of.

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"All of Israel’s enemies must be completely destroyed with no quarter given. Now the spur in the plover’s wing will be unsheathed.

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Robert F. Graboyes's avatar

Quite a collection of thoughts! Some beautiful and serene ones—and some harrowing ones. I learned a good bit. In particular, I didn’t realize that the mongoose was native or that parakeets were out of control.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Robert.

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Diana Murray's avatar

"They were captivated by Captigon, the amphetamine of choice for wild-eyed Arab murderers the middle-east over."

I thought so. From the start, I thought so. This has not been covered at all well in the US media.

You might also have been saved by the acid-dropping ravers. The monsters didn't expect to find them.

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Ehud Neor's avatar

I think you are right. In the news last week: the terrorists lost their way trying to get to Netivot, and ran into the rave. I think that I am going to re-repress that thought for a while.

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Anan Sahadei's avatar

Ehud, I just saw this. Such powerful writing! The first half is as distracting as the plover's aerial dance while the second half hits like a fist to the gut! Ed

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Ehud Neor's avatar

Thank you Ed.

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