The beautiful north

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The beautiful north
(07.27.06, 17:59)


The European interviewer snarls at me when I mention that as we speak, both Jews, Arabs are sitting in bomb shelters together, hiding from Nasrallah’s rockets
Marcus Sheff

The good thing about being a reserve spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces sent to the north of Israel is that you don’t have the time or the opportunity to watch the news. After days of seeing northern Israeli communities come under Hizbullah missile attack on TV, this is a relief. Of course, the bad thing is that you come under Hizbullah missile attack.

The lobby of the hotel in Haifa last Friday morning looked like hotel lobbies do on these occasions: Anchor people from the major networks scrabbling for a new angle for their piece at the top of the hour; Journalists putting in requests to the army to be embedded with the Israeli forces operating in Lebanon; and everyone trying to pronounce the name of Brigadier-General Ido Nechushtan, who has just finished a briefing. We do that on purpose.


Friday afternoon and sirens go off, followed almost immediately by four explosions. The hotel workers run for the shelters, journalists and others run to the promenade outside the hotel that overlooks Haifa.
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