Israel is now fighting a two front war. The army is deployed in Gaza and Lebanon. Cities in Northern Israel are being hit with Katyushas (long range rockets), including Safed, a city I visited not too long ago. At least 90 people have been wounded by the Katyushes. Hizbullah, (that's how we spell it at the Media Line) the terror organization which has been ruling Southern Lebanon since the mid 1980s is continuously launching these rockets which are killing and injuring people. Two more soldiers were also kidnapped by Hizbullah,Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. Hamas still has Corporal Gilad Shalit from over two weeks ago.

Israel has been retaliating by bombing strategic points in Lebanon, including the big story this morning—the International Airport in Beirut.

It's a little hard to be optimistic right now about being in Israel. It feels too close to home with these rockets falling in the North. Hizbullah threatened to bomb Haifa if the Israeli Army goes into Beirut.

I spent the day writing a background piece on the history of the relations between the terror groups in Southern Lebanon and Israel. I know a lot more about what's going on right now but I don't have time to write about it. The point is Hizbullah is a really dangerous terror organization with weapons and funding coming from Syria. Last night there were rumours that Israel was also going to invade Syria to cut off the source and that there would be a three front war.

I've never seen such heightened security in Jerusalem. The Square across the street is now cordoned off so everyone has to walk in a small entrance and pass by two border police guards. My roommate said that this is perfectly normal during a time of heightened security but since this is my first time here for an extended period of time, it still looks weird to me.

Last night I was going to go to the film festival again but after I heard what happened I opted to go to Gerald Steinberg's political science class instead. He's an expert on the Mideast situation and constantly being interviewed by newspapers. He lectured on all of Israel's options at this point and to tell you the truth, I left the class pretty alarmed.

It's going to be an interesting birthday weekend!