Even though we know how wonderful the gradual release from tension is, we know that we’ll be back to war soon and that Sinwar has some good tricks up his sleeve to drive us mad again. 

We had a wonderful lunch with our cousins and all of them are in complete control of their lives.  They know what they are doing and what the implications are, and it is a pleasure to feel the certainty that the rest of us don’t feel at all.  

It is so tempting to believe that all this horror is a passing event, and that the hatred of Israel that has emerged in the past two months is a passing fantasy, and that we will once again sit on our balconies and sip coffee.  

But I don’t believe it.