What would you do if you were working on your computer, checking news and Facebook when you got bored…and all of a sudden, you got an update that showed a video of an attack against a school…and the school was the one where your son was at that moment?
Davidi is fine…
I’ll start with that, and I’ll end with that. I’ll stop and I’ll settle and I’ll push the tears and the burning anger away. Davidi is fine…they are all fine.
Arabs climbed on to the fence that surrounds their yeshiva…and…God…and they shot firecrackers into the yard.
I called Davidi, my hands already starting to shake. “God, please, answer…”
Davidi answered. “Everyone’s okay?” I asked in as calm a voice as I could manage.
“Yes,” he answered, “everyone’s fine.”
“There was a fire,” I said stupidly. “Did you call the police?”
“Yes,” he said, “and the fire went out quickly.”
There was some more conversation and somehow mixed in, he said something like,”we were expecting it.”
Rule number one – never ask a question you aren’t prepared to hear the answer to…”why were you expecting it?” I asked even more stupidly.
“Because it happened last night.”
“Oh, God,” I think I moaned…
“Ima, we’re fine. Don’t worry.”
Yeah, well, that’s fine. Now that you said so…why should I worry?
I can’t think straight right now. I can’t express my anger and worst of all, I don’t know to whom to address it. The government and security forces and police for not being there? They can’t be everywhere! Ramla mayor for deciding the best way to “reclaim” the city was by putting a yeshiva full of pre-army teenage boys right there on the edge? Well, yeah, there’s one target.
The boys? No, not them…they handled it right. They documented it but didn’t get too close? Well, sorry, guys – you were outside, that’s already too close for me…but you did good. You did right. Let the world know.
This was a school! Unlike in Gaza, there are no weapons stored there. This is not the first time they have attacked the school…and no, I don’t expect world condemnation…after all, with the greatest of gratitude to God, there was no blood and so there will be no great cry of outrage…except from a few mothers, who saw a video and cried as they spoke to their sons…begging to hear…
Davidi is okay…they are all okay…
Please God, watch over my baby…he’s so tall, so beautiful…please, guard him tonight and every night and every day and every minute. David is fine…