VIDEO: Israel National Defense Drill
Sirens sound in Jerusalem and elsewhere.
On Sunday, May 31, 2015, I reported from Sderot, Israel, on the history of rocket and mortar fire from Gaza, and the extensive preparation of bomb shelters and emergency protocols: Israelis shelter in place near Gaza.
This week Israel is in a nationwide drill, testing sirens that will warn of incoming missiles and rockets. The drills have been implemented on the assumption that Hezbollah, Syria, and Hamas will be able to fire thousands per day.
Today two sirens were sounded. I was in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City when the 7:05 p.m. (local) siren sounded:
Speaking of the Jewish Quarter, the historical truth of the illegal conquest by Jordan and subsequent ethic cleansing of Jews is long down the memory hole.
But there is a sign to remind people:
The Old City, as usual, looked marvelous:
You know who else looked marvelous? The famous Carl In Jerusalem from Israel Matzav.
Here we are together in 2013.
![[Carl in Jerusalem and William Jacobson, 2013]](https://legalinsurrection.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/William-A.-Jacobson-and-Carl-in-Jerusalem-e1405096134970.png)
[Carl in Jerusalem and William Jacobson, 2013]
[Carl in Jerusalem and William A. Jacobson, 2015]
I think he has weathered better than I have. (At which point you protest, saying no, not at all, you still look marvelous too.)
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Comments
You look mahvelous! Great seeing you!
You do look marvelous – but you both look somewhat sad, guarded. It’s been hard this 2nd term, both here and there in Israel – harder perhaps than any of us thought it would be. Like it never stops……
597 more days.
In the immortal words of William Westmoreland, “We can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
You, Sir, are an extreme optimist! Will that far away, dim light ever become brighter?
Truth be told, right after the ’67 War, Israel razed many Arab homes in order to expand the Western Wall plaza for worshipers.
http://forward.com/news/176820/palestinians-mourn-neighborhood-razed-by-israel-in/