Bravo, ‘Or’ movement! I so much appreciate Metro because I learn things there that don’t appear elsewhere. I particularly loved the article about the Or Movement and felt a wave of joy that there are such bright and idealistic people working for the betterment of Israel (“A Negev and Galilee you never imagined,” August 19). I hope more people get the message and stop going to the territories and instead populate the Negev and Galilee. Bravo Or Movement’s leaders!Ida Plaut NetanyaBlitz on Beersheba? I wish to express my indignation at the ignominious article and cover entitle “Blitz on Beersheba” (August 26). Three days of sporadic rocket attacks are a far cry from the intensive bombing on London and other towns in the blitz of World War II. Then, people were proud to be Londoners. Four hundred people were killed and many more injured in Coventry on one night in November 1940. Yocheved Miriam Russo depicts the abject situation of “poor battered Beersheba” while she stayed “huddled” in her building. This is a gross misinterpretation of the conduct of most citizens of Beersheba. There is a wide disparity between the above and the restrained behavior of 15 neighbors and myself living in a block in central Beersheba and, I believe, of most residents of our city. The article is a disservice to the people of Beersheba.
Letters: Septmeber 9
Bravo, ‘Or’ movement! I so much appreciate Metro because I learn things there that don’t appear elsewhere. I particularly loved the article about the Or Movement and felt a wave of joy that there are such bright and idealistic people working for the betterment of Israel (“A Negev and Galilee you never imagined,” August 19). I hope more people get the message and stop going to the territories and instead populate the Negev and Galilee. Bravo Or Movement’s leaders!Ida Plaut NetanyaBlitz on Beersheba? I wish to express my indignation at the ignominious article and cover entitle “Blitz on Beersheba” (August 26). Three days of sporadic rocket attacks are a far cry from the intensive bombing on London and other towns in the blitz of World War II. Then, people were proud to be Londoners. Four hundred people were killed and many more injured in Coventry on one night in November 1940. Yocheved Miriam Russo depicts the abject situation of “poor battered Beersheba” while she stayed “huddled” in her building. This is a gross misinterpretation of the conduct of most citizens of Beersheba. There is a wide disparity between the above and the restrained behavior of 15 neighbors and myself living in a block in central Beersheba and, I believe, of most residents of our city. The article is a disservice to the people of Beersheba.