Don’t get all excited.  The only good news is that Ezi checked the availability of the medication I needed and it turned out there was a pharmacy nearby that had it.  That’s the only good news I know about in this country.  Everything else is caving in. 

Not true.  While all the borders are dangerous in different degrees, and many people who were once friends are now delicate acquaintances, we manage to hold celebrations (like Ezi’s birthday party and my long-delayed book launch and many little blessings.

And maybe all is not lost for our wonderful but lost people.  The government may just fall apart and a provisional government installed instead.  Or the shock of an uncontrollable war may make even our silly leaders wake up.  

I mean we do have some good leaders whose hands have been tied but are fine people who in the right environment would accomplish many good things for all the people of this area.  Give you examples?  I’d start with our president, who has been absolutely castrated by this administration.  He went up to Metula the other day to visit the little core of administrators and fighters who remained there when the town was evacuated.  Then I’d point out the recently elected chair of the Labor Party who is bravely picking up the pieces of the left and may help to give us a more positive vision of our country.  And finally, there’s an enormous number of fine people who are braving through this mess with smiles and powerful wills.