Peace, pakaks, and Annapolis

November 27, 2007 - 2:44 PM by Nicky

Whenever people talk about peace in this region of the world you can be sure of one thing. There’ll be more terror alerts in Israel.

And more terror alerts means more traffic jams as the police go into gear and set up road blocks into all the country’s major cities.

So I shouldn’t have been in the least bit surprised this morning when I left the house at 10am. (after the morning rush hour is usually well and truly over) and ran smack bang into a huge pakak – as Israelis like to call hold-ups here. The traffic was hardly moving.

“Annapolis!” I grumbled to myself.

My 20 minute journey took an hour. Of course if there was just the slightest chance that peace might truly emerge from this international get-together then I’d be happy to sit in line for the rest of the day, or even a month if it comes to that; but peace conferences seem to come and go, and the only constant is the pakak we find ourselves sitting in as yet another terrorist organization threatens hell, fire and flames if we so much as think about a peaceful Middle East.

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