I recently emailed a Rambus Member and Goldtent reader who lives in Northern Israel near the Golan Heights expressing my concern . Here is his response . War is so abstract when its so far away .

Dear Gary

Thank you for your concern.
We are fine all in all, although it’s a very difficult situation.
We live in an area that is quite, but still we were very busy getting the safe rooms prepared and equipped and get weapons from the army. The security had to be much tighter then ever before.
We had a family from our little village; mom, dad and 2 small children, who were visiting their family in kibbutz Beeri on Oct.7 th and were kidnapped in Gaza. Some of their family members were killed.
The mother and children came back in the first deal, but the father, is still kidnapped in Gaza.

Many of the young men from our little village were fighting in Gaza. Thank God they all returned safely.

But life goes on. Most of the people are ok. The tensions and the anxieties are high.
Basically, many things that we were taking for granted, have changed overnight.
Such is life in the middle east.

Thank you for your email. It means a lot to know that some people in the world care.

Be well my friend

Yaron

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…………Follow up………..

Thank you Gary

Yes, people in the world don’t really understand the situation here and you can’t blame them for it, they live in a different reality…and truth is mostly hard to accept.
The politicians are the politicians, they have their own agenda and mostly just want to remain in power.

Thank you so much for your sentiments. It means a lot to us.

Best wishes
Yaron