This essay is based on this article:
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1078128.html
The news site of the "Haaretz" newspaper reported that members of one of the largest and richest kibbutzim in Israel, kibbutz Shefayim, have voted to privatize the kibbutz. This means that the Kibbutz will no longer be conducted according to the communal ideology. That action opposes to the ideology that the kibbutzim are based on. The kibbutzim are communal settlements, and the privatization is contrary to their essence.
I oppose that action. I see this as a rude abandonment of ideals. That is because by doing so, the children that were raised in the kibbutz and educated by the principles and values of a collective settlement get a mixed message. On the one hand, they have been educated to certain values of a kibbutz, and on the other hand, those values are being breached by the kibbutz itself. This might cause the children to become very insecure about their own beliefs in the future.
Moreover, when a kibbutz, a facility in which the values and ideals are so basic and important, decides to abandon it’s ideals for financial benefits, it says a lot about nowadays’ society. In the past, people were ready to die for their ideals, but nowadays, it seems like ideology does not mean much. I think that this phenomenon of abandoning ideologies that easily is very sad. It causes our life to be much less meaningful.
I, personally, do not approve of the socialistic ideology on which the Kibbutzim are based on. I do, however, approve of sticking to one’s ideals. Therefore, I believe that breaching kibbutz Shfayim’s ideology is wrong and hope that other strong ideals won’t be breached as well.
Well written!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Gilad Shalit
This essay is based on this article: (published in 25/6/09)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3736846,00.html
Aviva Shalit, the mother of Gilad Shalit, the abducted solider, writes an open letter to the people of Israel. The letter was published on the news site "Ynet", marking three whole years of his capture. In this letter, Aviva refers to the “quiet demeanor” of her and her husband, around the subject of bringing their son back home. She criticizes the fact that not enough is being done to bring Gilad home, because she and Noam, Gilad’s father, do not create enough sensation around it.
In my opinion, Aviva and Noam should stop acting “quietly”. I believe that they should put more pressure on the government to act for Gilad’s return. I believe that not enough is being done for Gilad. It has already been three whole years since he was captured and the effort to bring him back hasn’t produced anything. I believe that if Aviva and Noam pressure the Israeli leadership more, it would help to haste the process. Moreover, I think that they should get more of the USA’s attention, and make them support the Israeli effort of bringing Gilad home .
It might seem like creating a huge public sensation around Gilad Shalit will cause Hamas to learn that kidnapping Israeli soldiers really “pays off”. They might think that by kidnapping, they can get a lot of their people, imprisoned in Israel, released. However, I believe that Gilad’s abduction has already created enough sensation, and that by putting more pressure on the government, Aviva and Noam would not cause Hamas’ demands to get worst, but only the government to act for his release.
To sum up, I believe that in order to put an end to the Shalit family’s suffering and longing to see their son’s face again, they have to pressure the Israeli and the American governments much more.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3736846,00.html
Aviva Shalit, the mother of Gilad Shalit, the abducted solider, writes an open letter to the people of Israel. The letter was published on the news site "Ynet", marking three whole years of his capture. In this letter, Aviva refers to the “quiet demeanor” of her and her husband, around the subject of bringing their son back home. She criticizes the fact that not enough is being done to bring Gilad home, because she and Noam, Gilad’s father, do not create enough sensation around it.
In my opinion, Aviva and Noam should stop acting “quietly”. I believe that they should put more pressure on the government to act for Gilad’s return. I believe that not enough is being done for Gilad. It has already been three whole years since he was captured and the effort to bring him back hasn’t produced anything. I believe that if Aviva and Noam pressure the Israeli leadership more, it would help to haste the process. Moreover, I think that they should get more of the USA’s attention, and make them support the Israeli effort of bringing Gilad home .
It might seem like creating a huge public sensation around Gilad Shalit will cause Hamas to learn that kidnapping Israeli soldiers really “pays off”. They might think that by kidnapping, they can get a lot of their people, imprisoned in Israel, released. However, I believe that Gilad’s abduction has already created enough sensation, and that by putting more pressure on the government, Aviva and Noam would not cause Hamas’ demands to get worst, but only the government to act for his release.
To sum up, I believe that in order to put an end to the Shalit family’s suffering and longing to see their son’s face again, they have to pressure the Israeli and the American governments much more.
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