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Winter Storms

09 December, 2011

The uprisings that began as the Arab Spring have certainly turned into Winter Storms, with a chill that reaches to the bones of Israelis. Yes, life goes on as usual in Israel, but the cold blasts of the morning's newscasts make the man in the street want to pull up his coat collar over his ears.

This morning for example...

In the south the pipe line which supplies Israel with gas from Egypt has been blown up for the ninth time in recent months. Obviously there are those in Egypt who want no good thing coming out of Egypt towards Israel.

To the east Ahmenajad has offered to send 150,000 missiles onto Israel if Israel takes a hand in the present confrontation with Iran's nuclear intentions. Gaza sends us missiles anyway, from the west, so he needn't bother.

And Syria to the north is proving itself to be not the most compassionate of neighbors, so any suggestions that Israel return the Golan Heights to Syria sounds more cruel than ever. From the four corners of the earth the winter winds are blowing as Israel muffles itself against the chill morning air.

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