Hamas War

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

All the king's horses and all the king's men, Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Disengagement didn't just destroy communities; it destroyed lives.

The politicians and media which supported it, kept denying the inevitable.

Now, two years later, the good Jews exiled from their homes are suffering even more. It's a rare family which isn't plagued by the POST DISENGAGEMENT STRESS SYNDROME.

'Gaza evacuees are in dire condition'
Israel Radio reported Tuesday afternoon that most of the evacuees were still living in temporary housing and that hundreds of families were dependent on assistance from welfare services.
The report also found that the percentage of unemployed Gaza evacuees was double the number before the disengagement.
The Education Ministry estimated that approximately half the schoolchildren from evacuees' families did not return to function ad normal, that about a third of them needed extensive help to study and that many of the children needed support and professional counseling. (complete article here)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Gee Batya
I always thought the poem ended with
all the kings horses and all the Kings men
had eggs for breakfast again and again

Batya said...

well, maybe if you want to eat off of the street, where the horses ....

And there's that NY saying that "it's hot enough to fry an egg on.." or something like that.