Last week, for those who havn't been following the news, rockets where fired from Gaza and landed in Beer Sheva. For me this hit pretty close to home because I spent last semester abroad at Ben-Gurion University, which is located in Beer Sheva. So when I found out about these events it was very unique experience for me.
Since I follow current events in the Middle East, I normally read about "incidents" that occur inside of Israel with intrigue, but a certain amount of detachment.
This time having just returned from the very city which was shelled, it hit much closer to home. However, it didn't set in until I received an email from my mom thanking God that I was at Dickinson and not at BGU. That is when it really set in, I started messaging all my friends (who are all fine) and really thinking about how I felt about it. I can't really decide where I would rather be, here detached and removed (to an extent) or back at BGU so I would know what it would be like to go through such an experience. It's still something that I will think about and something that now resonates rather stronger with me.
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