Hi,
This Benny from Psagot.
Tonight we had "just" one volley fired at us. No answer on our side. Are we going towards another escalation in the shooting or other warfare ?

I keep reading in everyone's mail that this conflict is an "Intifada", which means a popular uprise. This is not at all true. The present conflict is between us, Am Israel and the so called Palestinian authority trying to drive us out of our Promised Land, by slaying us in a piecemeal fashion. The "real" Intifada (a very poor term) of 10 years ago was something we could control if we wanted (but the Rabin-Pers-Beilin government did not want) to. We were in the populated areas and could fight the phenomenon and uproot it. Now, this is WAR (maybe low-grade, maybe mini; but, still a war). However, the (so called) leaders do not want to see what is actually happening, but, rather what THEY think should be happening, and to hell with contradicting facts !! Shooting at Gilo is legitimate, not to mention places like Psagot, Netzarim and the such !