Israel Airstrike Hits Al Aqsa, Hamas TV Station, In High-Rise In Downtown Gaza City
Monday, November 19, 2012
If you believe that you're safe, unaffected by what is going on in Gaza, because you're only reading or watching reports, think again: Exposure to the traumatic images and reports causes health- and life-threatening stress with serious and long-lasting consequences.
War changes you even when you're not directly in harm's way.
I am by no means suggesting that the media stop publishing these events. As citizens in democratic republics, we must be informed about what our governments are doing "in our names". But don't for a moment take comfort in being thousands of miles away, and therefore it's not happening to you.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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