Jewish Odysseus: The Muqata: IDF Soldier's Eyewitness Account In Haiti

Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Muqata: IDF Soldier's Eyewitness Account In Haiti

An amazing first-hand report from an IDF soldier in Haiti, in case we needed anything more inspirational than the heart-breaking videos we've seen from there.

[Thanks to Jameel and all his comrades at the outstanding "MUQATA" blog!]

The Muqata: IDF Soldier's Eyewitness Account In Haiti

2 comments:

Juniper in the Desert said...: This is such a heartwarming lovely story, thank you for posting it.

Please may I leave a brief message for jj? He made a riveting comment on atlas story re: auschwitz plans hidden in Berlin wall. Basically , I understand him to be saying: the Europeans let in the muslims to finish the job the nazis couldn't. That is a life-changing realisation.; January 26, 2010 at 3:17:00 PM PST
Coffee Recipes said...: Great sharre; May 28, 2023 at 7:19:00 AM PDT

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The Odyssey by Homer, Chapter 21:

For long Odysseus stood with the bow in his hands, handling it as a minstrel handles a lyre when he stretches a cord or tightens a peg. Then he bent the great bow; he bent it without an effort, and at his touch the bow-string made a sound that was like the cry of a swallow. The wooers seeing him bend that mighty bow felt, every man of them, a sharp pain at the heart. They saw Odysseus take up an arrow and fit it to the string. He held the notch, and he drew the string, and he shot the bronze-weighted arrow straight through the holes in the back of the axe-heads. Then as Eumæus took up the axes, and brought them outside, he said, ‘Thou seest, lord Telemachus, that thy guest does not shame thee through foolish boasting. I have bent the bow of Odysseus, and I have shot the arrow aright. But now it is time to provide the feast for the lords who woo thy lady mother. While it is yet light, the feast must be served to them, and with the feast they must have music and the dance.’ Saying this he nodded to Telemachus, bending his terrible brows. Telemachus instantly girt his sword upon him and took his spear in his hand. Outside was heard the thunder of Zeus. And now Odysseus had stripped his rags from him and was standing upright, looking a master of men. The mighty bow was in his hands, and at his feet were scattered many bronze-weighted arrows.