Geez, talk of short memory... Lisa, if you re-read your own excellent "How Lisa Came to Israel" series you will be reminded of how terror made a very real dent here just 5 years ago. Tel Aviv is now booming again now thanks to the fact that there isn't that much terror anymore - probably thanks to the 2002 invasion of the West Bank and arguably the Seperation Barrier as well. Do you think we'd have this boom now if suicide bombers were still exploding daily in Tel Aviv? I thought one thing we all learned in 2001 was that Badulina style "close your eyes and wish very hard for Peace" unfortunately doesn't really work. Personally I still remember how the company I was working for in 2002 nearly closed shop because it is impossible to raise money when investors are afraid to visit the country. I remember my girlfriend's father going out of business because there were no tourists, having to work as a security guard instead. I remember many of my friends unemployed for long periods or working for much lower wages. I remember meeting people who graduated engineering degrees with honors and couldn't get any job. Not make a dent?! Yoda not this guy is.