It may be a crisis, not a war, as Lise Ducette said yesterday, but for the small businesses which make travelling around the Galilee so wonderful, the "boutique" growers and producers of all kinds of foodstuffs, particularly fresh produce, the current situation is an economic disaster.
So on July 31, in one of the hangars at Tel Aviv port, there will be a food fair featuring the bounty of the land produced by these hard-hit agriculturalists. On sale will be cheeses, honey, preserves, olive oil, liqueurs, fruit, vegetables, top-grade meat - a genuine cornucopia from Israel's North at this improvised "farmers' market".
This evening the Chief of Staff and Defense Minister gave a joint press conference. Nothing new was said, but the determination was visible.
In the last few days 500 shelters in the north have been equipped with TV sets connected to cable TV, air conditioners and emergency lighting.
Today, Day 16 of the fighting, over 100 Katyusha rockets had been fired at Northern Israel by the evening. The same as yesterday. Fewer than a few days ago.
The question is: When will the Prime Minister address the nation?
