Newspapers today are full of pictures from funerals and stories about the victims. It's a bit surreal how we're kind of used to it.

The roadblocks have returned to Emek Refaim (the main street in my nieghborhood) after an absence of a few weeks.

Arab satellite TV station al-Jazeera has filed a legal complaint with the Israeli supreme court claiming that their press freedoms have been restricted.

Thanks to you all for the really useful suggestions about our Venice trip. We'll be taking people's advice about seeing other parts of the Venuto.

That's about it for today.... shabat shalom and have a good weekend....