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...part of the “flower gesture” is the state of mind that lies behind it. When you buy flowers for a girl, your intention should be to see a smile on her face. Translation: don’t shower her with gifts so she will gush about how wonderful and considerate you are. The effect will be lost if your act of chivalry is just a veiled attempt to earn extra points...
...Indian army, which destroys villages suspected of harboring terrorists. The mullahs and the army take turns in grinding paradise into hell, and Rushdie chronicles their misdeeds with mounting anger. As he recalls the violence that forced the Hindus out of the Kashmir valley in the 1990s, words gush out of him in a reflux of rage: "... and the pandits of Kashmir were left to rot in their slum camps, to rot while the army and insurgency fought over the bloodied and broken valley, to dream of return, to die while dreaming of return, to die after the dream of return...
...most of Netzer Hazanis families have rented rooms. The congregation decided to stick together and keep its community life wherever they will eventually settle. In September they will look for temporary accommodations in the south. But it will take some time to reconstruct their lives. "All the way from Gush Katif," says Bryna, "I kept on thinking: I have 16 years of education, which I got in the USA, I'm married and I have 6 children. I had a house. Today I'm homeless...
...Gadid. Most of the settlement's residents did not wait for the IDF troops; they went to a hotel in Neveh Illan, a village near Jerusalem. The Bentolilas stayed home. Lynn continued to go to the Neve Dekalim medical clinic, where she works as the administrative manager. Many of Gush Katif's settlers, she explains, refuse to be treated by IDF's and police medical crews. They want to be taken care of only by their fellow settlers...
...already feel disengaged", confessed Lynn on Thursday night. "But I pray that we will rehabilitate ourselves and will come back here stronger, to rebuilt Gush Katif...