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THE ATTACK ON ISRAEL
October 7th, 2023
BROKE ME
The SILENCE of my “Friends”
Devastated Me
The World’s Protests and Celebrations
Horrified Me
And So I Came Back
To Tell the Stories of Who They Were
and Who We Are


Threats, Competing Narratives and a Country on the Brink - on Election Eve in Israel
I'm finally bingeing Eylon Levy's election podcast, after changing my mind hourly for the past month about who to vote for in tomorrow's historic election.
This will be my second time ever voting in Israel, but my first time in 20 years.
What happens this time could mean the country's survival or not - and what this means depending on who you ask will get you an entirely different response, as is always the case in Israel.

Melanie Preston
Oct 2611 min read


Fresh Paint and Ancient Blood
Today was absolutely exhausting - and I don't mean because I painted my bedroom alone for at least eight hours, climbing over my bed, lifting the chair to do the high parts over and over again...with 80s love songs blasting in the background.
I mean it was mentally taxing...

Melanie Preston
Jul 247 min read


What Does That Press Conference Mean for Our HOSTAGES and this Weekend's RELEASES?!
I imagined IRAN listening to this, and my blood went cold. My heart stopped beating.

Melanie Preston
Feb 5, 20255 min read


Hersh - Carmel - Alex - Almog - Eden - Ori
The cursor has been blinking below these six names and faces. I haven't known where to begin because there are so many emotions swirling,...

Melanie Preston
Sep 3, 202411 min read


Hamas Bamboozles the West Through its "Ruse" of Accepting a Ceasefire on Holocaust Remembrance Day
For Israelis and those of us paying attention, today's move by Hamas was predictable. On the day Israel dropped its flyers in Arabic into...

Melanie Preston
May 7, 20246 min read
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