Check it out, I was interviewed on Iraqi Bloggers Central for a special section of Israeli bloggers on the Israel/Hezbullah/Lebanon conflict: Eliesheva’s interview.

In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward Hizbollah. The General said, “I believe that forgiving Hizbollah is God’s function. The Israelis’ job is to arrange the meeting.”

Here we are, just shy of August 1st, thrust in the middle of the 9 days, and here I am, poised to get married in just over a week. I wonder why I am so calm. The stress is mostly from the religious battle I’ve been waging in my head and in my house, and…

Going with my theme lately: Someone is actually acknowledging the difference between religion and actions taken for religion.

My cousin was interviewed as a Northern Israel villager on NPR.You can hear it here:Israeli Settlers Staying Put, Despite the Rockets Note: My cousin is not a settler. The title is a grave misnomer. My cousin lives on what is called in Hebrew a yishuv – ‘settlement’ – a residential town. She is not living…

We were gathered ’round the news (which is awful). I went to the kitchen to get everyone some more water, and as I was closing the fridge, I heard a fairly loud explosion, different from the nightly fireworks by the local arsim. “Did anyone hear that?” Exactly a minute later, the TV reported that a…

I’m in the city and it smells like fried chicken. It’s the 9 days and I’m in the city. I was disengaged from my apartment for dressing like a ——-. I was wearing a t-shirt and a skirt.

“Someone who cannot protect his freedom does not deserve it.” [Haaretz] –Captain Ori Lavie of the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, Company A, about to go into Lebanon. Well, we’ve come a long way, haven’t we?

Send chocolate to a soldier (free and fast).

Waited for the bus with an Israeli version of Billy Bob Thornton. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that I read a crazy page about methamphetamine last night.

Doesn’t matter if you’re Israeli or Lebanese… You might feel like doing this!

A Haifan friend of a friend posted some videos he made of his mother and brother waiting out the sirens and some videos of Haifa filled with press: For more, click here.