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šµšø š®š± š®š· Waiting for war in Haifa | Gidon Ben-Zvi
š¤ Gidon Ben-Zvi contributes to The Algemeiner, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, CiF Watch and blogs at Jerusalem State of Mind.
š¶ļø "Israelis sitting in front of their television screens canāt help but notice that the Home Front Commandās list of areas where red alert alarms are going off is increasing daily. And with Hezbollahās theater of operations expanding, Israel is effectively shrinking. As a result, residents of HaifaāIsraelās third largest city, with a population of close to 300,000ābelieve that itās only a matter of time before they are ordered to evacuate their homes."
š¶ļø "Haifa is now next in line to be attacked by Hezbollah. It lives a life in limbo. We continue to work. Our children go to school. But the red alerts are multiplying. My cousin in the northern coastal city of Nahariyaāabout a 30-minute drive from Haifaānow regularly hears bombs overhead, forcing her and her family to run to their homeās safe room. My wife and her workplace colleagues in Acreā25 minutes by car from where we liveāare constantly hearing sirens. Virtually every afternoon, my kids come home from school with updates about another classmate whose father has been called up for a second tour of reserve duty, this time in the north."
š¶ļø "We have entered a period of threat and waiting. What the people of the north are experiencing today is not unlike the hamtanah the āWaiting Periodā before the 1967 Six-Day War. During the three weeks of the hamtanah, Arab nations were poised to annihilate Israel. Jerusalem mobilized the IDF reserves. In this tension-filled time, Israeli morale plummeted, catalyzing a political crisis that led to the formation of Israelās first unity government."
š¶ļø "Based on Hezbollahās modus operandi, anything short of a rapid reestablishment of the preemption doctrine could well lead to Israel having to abandon the Galilee and other parts of the north. At this rate, people will soon be talking about a Kfar Saba envelope in addition to the one around Gaza. It would be a damned shame to have to leave it all behind."
British man attacked for entering a āno-go zoneā in London.
A horde of Islamists surrounded him and questioned why he was in ātheirā neighborhood.
They threatened him and began chanting āAllahu Akbarā as they kicked him out.
Minister of State for Courts and MP for Finchley and Golders Green, Sarah Sackman, says religious courts like 'Shariah' are a fundamental part of 'British Values'.
A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2025 with average earnings will receive an estimated $1.34 million in lifetime benefits, while contributing only $720,000 in todayās dollars.
That shortfallāmore than $600,000 per coupleāis being made up by younger workers.
āMost of the growth in spending has gone to retirement and healthcare, while programs that promote upward mobility... have been left behindā
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-medicare-young-workers-cost-10477619
