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Do you remember? A poem about Israel before October 7

Although the country was pulled in different directions over the judicial reform bill, Israel was a happier place to live before Hamas changed everything on October 7th.

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Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF Sergeant Daniel Aviv Haim Sofer, 19, at the military cemetery in Ashkelon
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Do you remember when

The night was for sleeping

And the skies were for flying

And music festivals were for dancing

And soldiers’ parents welcomed them back home?

Now -

Nights are for machine guns

Skies are for fighter jets

Musical festivals are massacres

And soldiers come back in a box


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