bina

you all forgot about the thai workers in all the argument. btw we all were involved in finding translators, people to visit them,the thai consulate and israeli offices were in personal contact and a thai speaking israeli psychiatrist, as well as a monk.

thais that are staying here are able to extend their visa for a sixth year. my husband's cousin was supposed to go home in November,the war broke out, he wanted to stay, so he got his visa extended. also, thais that were here in the far past might be able to come again from what i understand. so we are asking for a friend who had been here about 15! years ago, still remembers his israeli work crew ( some are retired already) and wants to come back. we are in Jerusalem area so apart from the initial first weeks, its quiet here. three younger guys from here did go back to Thailand.it seems that veteran workers who have been thru previous operations, are calmer we have friends that were in one of the kibbutzim that was invaded. he came to stay with us for a few days, that went back to work on his kibbutz ( he has israeli citizenship for years already. its army area now but armed kibbutz members are there,kids elderly etc are evacuated.

unfortunately Thailand is taking the middle road, due to saudi arabia et as lucrative customers, and a large muslem population. but when 'from the river to the sea' includes other countries as well, people will change their tune. israelis want Israel. islam wants everywhere. Thailand has always stayed neutral,for economic reasons not ideological reasons.

they are still identifying bodies, body pieces, and checking footage of hamas videos that were put up on tiktok and telegram, to i.d. if taken hostage. people on my kibbutz only received notification a few days ago on confirmed deaths ,ans some possible deaths were changed to 'taken hostage'.

except for fuel, humanitarian aide is going thru. twice our IDF opened a humanitarian corridor and the Hamas prevented their people to go thru. on humanitarian aide trucks oxygen tunnel supply equipment was found. u really think aide goes to women and children in gaza? 🤔

btw, nowadays thai workers know exactly what awaits them here. brothers and cousins bring over family as employers like to know who is coming to them. my husband's first cousin has his visa finished in two weeks and would live to stay more. the pay is fair more ioften than not nowadays. the consulate here works better than in the past as she is actually american/ thai and super pro active, traveling all over Israel and not as inclined to HISO/ issaan bias. there is only one main thai israeli manpower group that actually takes care of workers now, workers can change employer more easily, most employers dont withhold passports any more. living conditions have improved. ( i am in contact with thais / israeli thais and translators etc).

@Jingthing so i will answer. yes, sirens all the time in the central southern and northern areas. several kibbutzim ( nir oz,kfar aza, be'eri, and others) the farmers lost their land ,houses, livelihood and paperwork and are livng in hotels or dormitories including in our hotel. ,farms crops have been ruined nir iz lost over 100 people out of 400 . beeri has been destroyed. uriim still has fields and thais are working if they want ( we have a close thai friend there). in the north similar situation but the kibbutzim/ moshavim have not had massacres. crops/ cows etc are getting destroyed as army doesn't allow people in to work there in north ( also same for other southern towns). our kibbutz has sent any men women etc over age 16 and aren't in army to help with harvest of pomegranate,tomatoes,dairy cow milking and treatment. thousands of farm and pet animals are w/o owners, treatment or place to stay. restaurants have only started working partially ( my thai - israeli citizen - husband has gone back to haifa to work half days. nooone has money coming in. insurance and government agencies are overwhelmed AND many have minimal staff as tzav 8 emergency reserve were all called up. my niece was in NOVA and survived ,all her friends were shot down in front of her. our kibbutz lost friends and family. salaries are being delayed. its is a big mess. the consulate and thai/ israeli people here are trying to facilitate as much as possible. none of u really know the full situation, and thai gov't is trying help as well as the israeli ambassador,from the thai side. our friend from urim ( came to us for a few days but went back south once he felt better, after trauma) says his one employer allows any worker that doesn't want to work, to stay home.his other employer was taken captive/ missing ' Tamir Adar' from kibbutz nirrim . keyboard warriors. what happened wasnt basicc terrorism. it was a pogram. my daughter in her 39th week of pregnancy has come to live with us , sleeping in our guest room/ bombshelter and is terrified after hearing from kibbutzim about the woman who started to give birth and the hamas did a " c- section' and than shot mother and child. we have families here as displaced people who saw/ heard their children/ patents get burnt alive etc much of what happened has been censored in media due to privacy of survivors as bidies/ parts , including thais, nepalese etc have yet to be i.d'd. just remember that if this happened to you in amurica ,what you all would be saying.