{"id":17306,"date":"2025-05-12T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17306"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:45:14","slug":"i-chose-to-flee-israel-to-remain-human-a-personal-journey-from-war-to-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/12\/i-chose-to-flee-israel-to-remain-human-a-personal-journey-from-war-to-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Chose to Flee Israel to Remain Human&#8221;: A Personal Journey from War to Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-A month ago, my husband, children, and I fled abroad. I pulled the kids out of school, bought a one-way ticket, and we packed only four small suitcases. I had often debated the idea of emigration with myself, even before the regime shift. The thoughts would begin with a well-defined political deadlock, move through mental anguish and hope for a different future, and always stumble at the fear of relocating my life to a place that is not my homeland.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"58f9df33-ee15-4587-9ccb-30269b1d2a27\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1683\">Since the war began, those thoughts became action. I obtained a foreign work permit, opened a bank account, and even attended several job interviews. But I didn\u2019t succeed. Perhaps it\u2019s the years of nationalist ideology coursing through us against our will. Perhaps it\u2019s the immigrant fear ingrained in all descendants of migrants. Maybe I\u2019m too old, or too used to comfort. But I failed. I built a smart infrastructure that brought me right to the edge of departure\u2014but I couldn\u2019t jump into the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"2348\">Yet as this war drags on, it&#8217;s becoming clear: I can\u2019t live in Israel anymore. The routine of war, with all its horrors, has shredded my soul. I wake up and go to bed with images of starving children, dying or already dead. I can\u2019t hug my own children without thinking of the orphans just across the border.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17128\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17128 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-titre6.jpg\" alt=\"humanitarian crisis Gaza\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-titre6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-titre6-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Sans-titre6-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli war crimes in Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-18\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6f3a7f10-b48c-41d3-976e-04a32eabd0f3\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"85\">From War Zones to &#8220;Pura Vida&#8221;: Choosing Exile to Preserve Humanity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"2348\">In the hospital, in lengthy discussions about children with severe illnesses, I count the resources invested in one child\u2014while 30 others are being killed nearby. These aren\u2019t troubling thoughts that linger\u2014they are ongoing trauma threatening to consume me and my family. Fleeing wasn\u2019t a savvy economic or career move. It was simply the only option left.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2350\" data-end=\"3044\">And so we found ourselves in Costa Rica, sitting on the porch of a house that isn\u2019t ours, in a vast jungle\u2014where there are no Israeli bulldozers next door, no traffic jams on Ayalon Highway, and no one curses me at work or in the supermarket. When a loud noise breaks the silence here, it\u2019s a monkey\u2014not a siren. After a few weeks, you discover that the urban chaos of a blood-drenched country hasn\u2019t been replaced by eerie silence, but by a different kind of noise: the sound of nature. The rush of river water, the croaking of frogs, the chirping of thousands of birds. It takes time to truly hear it\u2014to face the contrast between everything we knew and a world untouched by human destruction.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17099\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17099 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza humanitarian crisis\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4566666.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netanyahu Vows Solo Defense as Trump Considers Independent Gaza Strategy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3046\" data-end=\"3580\">Of course, there are people here who work hard and suffer, just like anywhere else. But some things speak for themselves. There\u2019s no army. No war. Elderly women stroll down the street carrying machetes\u2014just to cut coconuts. I, the outsider, see them as dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3046\" data-end=\"3580\">I, the mother, am used to seeing three men with guns at the entrance to my children&#8217;s school. The locals use the phrase \u201cPura Vida\u201d\u2014pure life\u2014as a greeting, a smile, a philosophy. Living simply. I can\u2019t say we dreamed of living here, or that I wish others would.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3582\" data-end=\"3792\">I didn\u2019t discover the secret of emigration in these weeks. I\u2019m still a stranger in a land where I don\u2019t speak the language. I haven\u2019t decided to stay. But I\u2019ve made one clear decision: to remain human. To live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3794\" data-end=\"3956\">Some people seek to make more money, lose weight, eat healthier, fix their marriage, or learn a new hobby. Me? I will no longer be part of killing another people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-A month ago, my husband, children, and I fled abroad. I pulled the kids out of school, bought a one-way ticket, and we packed only four small suitcases. I had often debated the idea of emigration with myself, even before the regime shift. 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