I was planning to go to the airport today to demonstrate but when our soldiers deep in an operation in Jenin, I couldn’t do it. 

So for they have cleaned 300 mines from the streets of Jenin, but they have also killed a number of terrorists.  And even though I know the violence will continue, and this move might have been encouraged as well by the need of our government to quieten the leftist opposition, I couldn’t do it.

Jenin has been the center of terrorism for a very long time, and in recent months has become very active in organizing terrorist acts, and the remote-activated mines planted under the streels were meant to ensure an ideal defence against Israeli retribution, but now the streets have been shaved clean of weapons.  And we know this operation will go on for a while.

My heart aches for the people of Jenin.  Invading solders have been my nightmare all my life.

And my heart aches for the demonstrators, but hey – they’re going way over the agreed-upon boundaries, and it’s going to be violent as well.