What Is This World Coming To?

“In a future war it will be much safer to live in Nahariya or Shlomi than in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv because I foresee that during the opening blow hundreds of missiles will rain on Israel.” -  Infrastructure Minister Benyamin Ben-Eliezer

Officials in Syria, Lebanon and Iran have expressed concern that the Israeli civil defense mega-drill “Turning Point 2” is either a pretext for hostile offensive action or a preparation for it.

“The states of the region must closely watch the Israeli drill. These provocative actions should be brought to the attention of the relevant officials in the international community,” an Iranian official said Monday. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry suspected the worst: “These actions are aimed at boosting the morale of the Israeli commanders and their soldiers.”