Dear Lisa, it was just yesterday when I discovered your blog and I like the way you describe "haMatzav" very much. I have been to Israel three times and actually I was planning to come over from Germany with two friends on next Wednesday for some weeks. So you see that I am a little bit used to the "normal" situation in Israel but now I am really worried. Perhaps you could help me to get a more realistic impression of what is going on as the media does provide the same information all over again. Thanks in advance and the best wishes from Germany, Anna