I feel uncomfortable. I read the news. Israel declares that they are ready for 30 days of war with Iran. Who wants that war? My father was born 1916. He hated war. He always said that common people never want war. ”It’s only the high generals that want war, so why can’t they have a fight with each other, and spare the people?”
In March Ronny Edry started the campaign Israel loves Iran. It is based on the fact that it’s not the people who wants war, it’s not the people that wants to kill humans in another country, because they don’t even know them! An if you learn to know someone in the enemies country, then you really don’t want any war. Ronny’s campaign is about getting more people to know each other across the borders.
I did an interview with Ronny in July – for the book I’m writing about social media. That’s why I know him a little bit more than I did before. And that’s enough to give me the creeps when I hear Israel talk about war and I start to worry in my heart. That’s exactly the point with Ronny’s campaign.
Here is Ronny on a new pic that I think is created today because of the growing threat.
We are millions of people who will be hurt. Will be drafted, will have to fight, loose our lives, our relatives. We, parents from TelAviv and Teheran will have to run with our children to the shelters and pray the missiles will miss us.
But they will fall somewhere, on someone.
Those last few days the sound of war is becoming louder.
So once again, load and clear, we are saying NO to this war
We saying to the people of Iran: We Love You
Ronny and Michal, TelAviv, ISRAEL
At the picture below is Ronny’s wife Michal. I never spoke to her, but since she’s married to Ronny, she’s part of why I feel worry in my body. Look into her eyes. Look into Ronny’s eyes.
Who in the whole wide world wants the war?
Update: of course there is a similar webpage in Iran, actually there are more than 50 facebookpages that has followed from Ronny’s first attempt.