" A Dreadful Coincidence..."

 ONLY last week, my brother called into my writing class to tell of his trip to Palestine. He and my sister in law made a revealing trip there in February.
A.  gave us lots of background....historical, geographical, economic, social and of course, political. A. also told us about the many stories Palestinian women had posted on the walls betwixt towns and villages.
We learned a great deal. Some in the class were well informed to start with, others ( like myself) had their eyes well opened....
BUT most of all, it was shocking to hear news that evening.....dreadful problems had erupted there in the Gaza strip.... only that very day....AND we had just been given so much food for thought.
Hopefully the fighting of the past 7 days is now curtailed....