The news from Hedera is terrifying, with two dead so far, but the worst part is that the terrorists are from Um El Fahm – a place that my son visits regularly and some of my favorite acquaintances live.    The fact that the recent terrorism is coming from local Arabs is an incredibly bad indication of the difference between our evaluations of the Arab-Jewish relations and an apparent reality. 

At this moment I am waiting for Ezi to do his PET-CT.  I am surrounded by staff and patients who seem completely similar, but at least a quarter are Arab.   It is almost midnight and we are probably going to be here all night, as the news slowly unfolds on the television over our heads.  how amazing!