Mmmm ... an other post about the SHOA (Jewish Holocaust during WWII) ... you will start thinking that I am obsesses with it ... actually I am not ... just a strange combination of events ...
Today I am writing about it because today in ISRAEL is the SHOA (Jewish Holocaust during WWII) REMEMBRANCE DAY ... and in ISRAEL is really a day different from any other (probably as powerful as the YOM KIPPUR) ... and I want to speak you about this ... so if you are planning a trip to ISRAEL you can think to include this day in your trip ... I mean it is not really a touristic attraction ... but it is an unique experience to live ...
What is happening is pretty simple but at the same time very very emotional ... exactly at 10AM load sirens all around ISRAEL sound for 2 minutes ... everywhere ... any type of siren ... mostly anti aircraft ... like the one used in the WWII CONCENTRATION CAMPS ... and EVERYBODY STOP to do what they are doing and stand up to salute the memory of the SHOA MARTYRS and HEROES ... and it is completely amazing ... insane ... unique ... I don't know which other word you can use ... everybody and everything stops ... trains ... cars in the middle of the freeway ... schools ... airport ... supermarkets ... offices ... I lived it I 2 times in ISRAEL ... and it is one of the biggest emotions I ever felt ... you are there standing up with this loud siren sound which is passing through your ears ... and you start to think ... to all the innocent people who died ... but 2 minutes are looooong ... so you think again and again ... and everything seems so crazy ... and you think again ... why did they kill them ... and you start to think to the people who everyday die in wars ... to the innocent Palestinians civilians that everyday are dying in GAZA or in the WEST BANK or the innocent Israeli civilians who are dying while boarding a bus ... and everything sounds soooooooo crazy ... why are we killing each other? ... why? ... and you don't know if hope that the siren will never stop ... so people won't be able anymore to kill each other ... they will be forced forever to listen to the siren ... or you hope that it will stop soon so you can go back to your daily activities and you will forget about the innocent people who is dying everyday ... and ... suddendly it stops ... but you will never forget those 2 minutes ... and we will never be sure if we should have ths siren everyday everywhere in the world ...
If your WALK THE EARTH tour will bring you to ISRAEL ... if you can ... try to visit it during the SHOA REMEMBRANCE DAY ... I am sure you will never forget it ...
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