12/6

2am awake again. 

This time I've been more productive. 

Cleaned kitchen.  Dishwasher on. 

Laundry- washing machine on. 

It's cold.  AC on. 

Clothes for run beside bed. 

Mags has taken to sleeping on a couch. Put a towel over her. She starts in the bed room but maybe it's too warm or maybe stuffy?  Mind you except for just now when I've put the AC on,  it's generally pretty cold but warmer than the lounge. 

Yesterday morning I had coffee with Phoebe at St Lucia. Had a good long connection chat. Saw a young mum with two little ones 2.5 and 1 yo. Rare these days.  Re warmed my interest in depopulation so found a couple of podcasts to listen to as I drove to and from work. 

Work was ok. Didn't feel like I accomplished much. 

Evening on my own which was fine.  Giving Phoebe space as I have had coffee every morning and dropped in every evening and that feels to me like I'm projecting needy and also stifling her a bit.  She phoned when I was in bed and we chatted. 

I'm still baffled by Australian and many other peoples reaction to Israel's action in Gaza.

I am told on FB that Gaza is the home of Hamas and that Hamas have vowed to remove Israel from the map. The reality to me though is that Hamas will never be able to do this. I am aware that Hamas have fired huge numbers of rockets into Israel. I unequivocally condemn them and that behaviour. 

We should bear in mind that Hamas is not an army or a government. It does not have an air force - bombers, jet fighters,  air defence systems. It does not have logistics support structures and so on. It's got no chance to have any real effect on Israel. It does have lots of cheap rockets. They have killed some Israelies.  

To me though, the essence, right now though, is that Israel is shooting & bombing pretty indiscriminately.  They are restricting food supplies.   They are killing Palestinians in huge numbers.  60000 dead I understand. 

It perplexes me that in Australia we get really wound up about the road toll which is around 1300. We vilify drivers and support hard line enforcement because life is apparently so important. At the same time we silent about suicide which in Australia which is double the road toll at around 3000 and we even cheer on Israel as it kills 60000 Palestinians. Baffles me.