More warplanes flying overhead this evening, despite talk of a ceasefire. My wife’s relatives in Beersheva had their windows blown out today by a rocket landing nearby. They are all OK. Also a rocket hit a bus in Beersheva today. The bus was empty. (They hit  a school yesterday – also empty).  In Syria today – who knows how many both sides have killed?
Strange to see in England they have jailed a dedicated soldier (Nightingale) for what seems an almost accidental offence, while they continuously cosset Abu Qatada, a hard-core Islamic fundamentalist…..

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