Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Farmers of Kibbutz Nir Oz working along the Gaza border. In the distance, the Palestinian town of Abasan. Credit: Shahar Vahab For the umpteenth time, the last three days Israelis living on or near our border with Gaza – adults and children – have experienced a steady diet of ear-ringing noises: explosions in and around our communities from short-range rockets and mortars fired from Gaza; the screech of their longer-range missiles flying overhead toward distant Israeli towns; the distinct thuds above us from Israel’s Iron Dome interceptor missile system; and, ground-shaking sounds of Israel’s retaliatory air and artillery barrages into Gaza. Yet again, renewed shooting in a deadlocked conflict reduces life on both sides of the border to a self-fulfilling, primal struggle fed by myopic, zero-sum conceptions of right and wrong.