Wednesday morning's news was of two rockets that fell in the outskirts of Eilat. There was no significant damage, but the reminder was clear about the unsettled nature of the Sinai, and the lack of Egyptian control.
At the same time, rockets also landed across the border in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, most likely from the same source.
Just a week ago, the news told of an Israeli Arab who vacationed in the Sinai despite Israeli government warnings, and came home only after his family paid ransome to the Bedouin who took him captive.
The front page headline in Yedioth Ahronoth dealt with happenings at the other end of this small country: IDF Commander Benny Gantz warned, "40 years of quiet on the Golan have ended."
Also on the front page was a headline about Boston, "Terror at the Marathon."
All of the above provides the latest lessons about life in the Middle East. To be sure, it is not yet clear that the Boston explosions came from this region, but initial findings are that the bombs resemble to what has been used in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Whether Boston is or is not part of the picture, events in the Sinai and Syria are enough of a reminder that parts of this region, including areas alongside Israel, have turned a corner from tense stability to dangerous chaos. Read more
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