A'kka doesn't fear the roaring sea

Acre doesn’t fear the roaring sea

Acre, a beautiful dreaming city on the see shore, knew in its long history very hard times. Napoleon Bonaparte was here a long time ago and failed to occupy it. The Zionists occupied Acre (A’kka) and since then it lives a continuous tragedy.

Today at 9 o’clock in the morning I took my 2 daughters and went to Acre. A drive of about 20 minutes from Sakhnin. I wanted to renew my passport, which normally one can do here in the municipality, but because of the war the municipality is not working. So I decided to do that in the interior ministry office in Acre. I promised my 2 daughters that afterwards we’ll continue to the old city, walk in the old market and have breakfast (hummus & foul) in one of the most known restaurant in the market.
Fortunately or unfortunately the interior office was also closed, because the war and because yesterday some rockets fell there. So we went to the old city somewhat earlier. Most shops were closed, almost no one walking in the streets. The promenade along the harbor, which is usually full with people, tourists and natives, was also empty. The market too was calm and empty. There was a bakery open 2 or 3 vegetable shops, one grocery. We arrived to the restaurant which in this hour of the day in normal times is not only open but also many people would stand outside in a queue waiting for a free table. This time were only a few people inside. We entered the restaurant, and we had our hummus. The atmosphere was different. Everything was quiet. Even nobody talked about the war. People looked at each other in an undefined way. We finished our meal very fast and I said to my daughters let’s go back home.
At home, 2 hours later we heard the siren alarm and after that a strong sound of falling rockets. It was so strong that we were sure that this time it’s too close. We ran to the TV to see what happened. Rockets fell everywhere in the Galilee. The closest was in Carmiel about 5 km from here. But we knew also that rockets fell in Acre and 3 people were killed. In spite that they don’t say the exact place where the rocket fell, but I recognized the street which 2 hours ago I drove through. My wife who was so afraid and worried sighed very deeply. A Few minutes later, in the same Israeli channel the so called military analyzer and his guest, one of the ministers, talked about how much it is important and necessary to continue the fight in Lebanon and destroy more villages in the south to clean the area from rockets.