I have been reading the North Israel blog since it has started. I have also been reading the Russian portion (the translation was occasionally too hasty and lacking the nuances of the original). One of the most interesting persons on that blog, imho, is sid75 (usually translated by muchnik) who lived through WWII in Russia as a girl and has now lived through the Second Lebanese war in Haifa as an old lady. For those readers who understand Russian, the livejournal community samooborona may provide an interesting and instructive look at a group of (Russian-speaking) volunteers around Israel who organized and maintained a continuous stream of help distributing financial assistance, food, medicine, toys and other donated goods to needy people of the north. As an aside note, the Russian segment of the Internet is vibrant and interesting, and Russian "livejournalists" are more mature, on average, than the rest of Live Journal.