Just look at the other side:
Hi guys-

I wanted to share the below email with you. It is from my friend Itai. We were friends when I was in uni. He is Israeli and I think it would please him if I showed my friends a different side of Israeli society.
Lily

Lily

I will make sure to do justice with the pictures you will send me, do not worry. I try not to write about politics, but sometimes reality just takes us there. I know how you feel about the air planes noise, I actually had the same feeling a week ago. I live right next to a major Air Force base, and for the pass 12 days they really made me stay awake at night. They took off every day from 11pm until 5am, with out stopping. It was a nightmare for me, but I know it does not even come close to what you have been through.

 

I need you to do me a favor, please send my apology to all your Lebanese friends. It is important for me that they would know there is a sane voice on the other side. Furthermore, I do not think you should go back to Lebanon, you are safe now. I have a bad feeling that we have not seen the last “scene” in this war yet. It is scary to say, but we are closer now to a total war in the middle east, than we have ever been. It is not safe for you, me or anyone else who live in the this region now. I am planing to go back to Boston in a few months, and if it was in my hands I would have come back yesterday! People on both sides are alienated, and it is hard to talk common sense when the situation keeps escalating every single day.