We have 70 rooms and tonight four will be occupied.
People are afraid to come.
Normally at this time of year, the hotel would be full of guests who skate at Metulla's Olympic-size rink or ski down the slopes of nearby Mount Hermon. But the sound of a military helicopter droning overhead signals what has become a familiar story. Once again, an Israeli soldier has been killed in southern Lebanon, just a few miles from Weinberg's cozy hotel. Once again, Israeli forces will retaliate against the Hezbollah guerrillas responsible. Since last Monday, thousands of people in northern Israel have spent their nights, and part of their days, in underground bomb shelters expecting Hezbollah rocket attacks that never came.