Hamas Attacks Israel

Hundreds of people are dead and thousands more injured in Israel and the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise raid into Israel over the weekend. Reports suggest at least 700 Israelis have been killed, many of whom were civilians, while more than 400 Palestinians have died. Almost 5,000 people have been injured across both sides. The attack came one day after the 50th anniversary of the fourth Arab-Israeli war.

Fighting began early Saturday (see photos), with Hamas launching thousands of rockets at cities across Israel, demolishing parts of a border fence, and infiltrating nine towns in southern Israel. Hamas fighters reportedly targeted both military sites and civilians, including opening fire on a late-night dance party near the Israeli-Gaza border that left at least 260 dead.

Officials said as many as 130 Israeli civilians and soldiers had been taken hostage by militants, with some taken back to Gaza. Israel contacted Egypt to assist in their return; their status is currently unknown as of this writing.

The Gaza Strip is a nearly 140 square mile area, home to roughly 2 million people, whose borders are controlled largely by Israel—tightly restricting the flow of goods and people in and out of the country. Hamas, both a militant group and political party with the stated goal of destroying Israel, has run Gaza internally since 2007.

By yesterday afternoon, the US had deployed a carrier strike group to the Mediterranean in support of Israel.

Photo: The Guardian

There they are
Those too much women
Drawing all the attention
With their loud cackles
And swaying hips
Luring you in
With their smart mouthed quips

They talk too much
Love themselves!
They don’t care that they
Cause a ruckus
And make you stare
Those too much women
Oh how they dare!

They should be sweet
So very gentile
Know their place is at your heel
They shouldn’t smirk
Or roll their eyes
When you challenge
Make them feel unwise

Times have changed
Women took hold
Of the power within them
For it was old
Deep down beneath
Years being suppressed
The wild woman now bares her chest

Gnarly is she
Raging against the machine
Hair a mess from years unseen
She does not care
For comb or brush
She is free from the shackles
Feeding the rush

She’s ‘crazy’, She’s ‘mad’
‘Lock her up at once’
That too much woman
Will destroy us all
She cannot be contained
A woman freed
No longer obtained

Those too much women
Were born to thrust
Against the unjust
Of those they once trust
Who betrayed and abused
Lost sight of the power
Their feminine accused

Here’s to the women
With big mouths
Open hearts and glinting eyes
Let them be seen
Be heard and felt
For these are the women
Who suffered the belt

Of a society too scared
To let us free
‘An army of witches’
Point fingers at we
The times have changed
But the fear still lies
If we are only ‘safe’ if we are caged

What they didn’t tell us
What they forgot to whisper
Is that the key is chained
Around our necks
The very thing
To see us free
Let us sisters, sing

The song of our hearts
Our mermaids lure
Not to their death, of that I’m sure
But to the rising of our love
That will bring us together
Without fear from above
Let us untether

For we too much women have something to say
We are not fearful of our ways
Step foot into the dark unknown
Let us love you skin and bone
Let us teach you our wildly ways
Intuitive insights
Pleasure for days

Dance with us and release your hips
We will take the pain from your lips
Let your inner serpents entwine
Feel the heat of your passion rise
For we are the woman of way too much
We are here to balance the curse
With our divine feminine touch

Soft and sensual
Loving and giving
Wild and erotic
Can you feel the tingle?
Today is the day you will come alive
These too much women will show you how
To say goodbye to that awful lie

We are not here to torment and tread
On fragile hearts and bruised heads
We healed our past and all the wrongs
Through loving ourselves, knowing our thorns
We do not say we are greater than you
No intention on keeping you kneeled
We understand that we can be two

Yes we are those too much women
We own every last drop
Our hands held out in invitation
Will you come and surrender?
To love, to deep intimacy
A place of joy and peace
Will you come to unity?

For we are the too much women
And together
Together We Rise!

Stephanie Starla Author

#toomuchwomen