Mike, I'm having difficulty determining whether or not your 30-Mar-02 - 08:47 PM post is in response to my question. Partly because it's very difficult for me to read posts that are not broken up into segments, and partly because you didn't say whether or not you are in Israel. Although the wording you've been using suggests that maybe you are. Whereabouts in Israel are you? Are you in significant danger where you are?

It's pretty difficult for someone like me, here in the US, to know what it's like to be in such a tense situation. But I do want to learn as much as I can about the situation over there. Both from the Jewish perspective, as well as from the Palestinian perspective.