Day 1,340: makeshift, retribution, unwavering

More than 1,200 Israelis, most of them civilians, many of those women and children, were murdered in their homes, on the street, in kibbutzim, at a music festival. Perhaps 150 more have been dragged to Gaza and shut in makeshift dungeons.

In the weeks and months ahead Israel’s leaders carry a heavy responsibility to temper their understandable desire for fire and retribution with a hard-headed calculation about their country’s long-term interests and an unwavering respect for the rules of war.

Will Israel’s agony and retribution end in chaos or stability?

Artwork of the day 
Retribution
Norman Rockwell
Date: 1920
Style: Regionalism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Private Collection

Word of the day 
makeshift: temporary and of low quality, but used because of a sudden need 
retribution: deserved and severe punishment
unwavering: never moving or looking away from something 

Quote of the day
“Wars and temper tantrums are the makeshifts of ignorance; regrets are illuminations come too late.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces