The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer.
Fishing boat explodes near Israeli patrol vessel.
Four Palestinians, one Israeli die as violence continues. Death toll inches toward 200 in Israeli-Palestinian clashes. With myriad violent acts erupting all around the holy Mediterranean wilderness of Eretz Yisrael, it is quite easy to become overwrought with passionate pessimism if not an utterly passive sense of defeat and hopelessness. If you find yourself falling into one of these categories, you are not alone. In a recent article from Ha'aretz Online, Ari Shavit presents what is perhaps the most conclusive and erudite commentary in memory, relating to the situation in the Middle East.