Israel HaYom for March 13, 2014 had two articles of particular interest.
Southern towns shaken again by sirens, rocket fire
British PM visits Israel, addresses restive Knesset
I know - albeit the U.S. State Department denies it - that Jerusalem, and that means ALL of Jerusalem - is Israel's capital. It's where the Knesset meets, if only occasionally peacefully and respectfully; it is, after all modeled on the British parliament. Jerusalem is home of Temple One and Temple Two and the abomination now sitting on the hill.
But visiting politicians, especially those from countries with BDS and anti-Israel-pro-PA noise, need to meet with Israeli VIPs somewhere other than Jerusalem.
My suggestion would be in Ashdod or Sderot; in fact, any place within range of Hamas' Aza-based short-range artillery.
Pity that British Prime Minister David Cameron was meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem when, according to Israel HaYom, "dozens of rockets exploded in Eshkol, Shaar Hanegev, Merhavim, Sderot and other Gaza Strip border communities on Wednesday."
Taking guests to the southern part of the state also would have the added benefit of avoiding the displays of disrespect shown by one political party for another political party and the disgrace of one "religious" group casting aspersions on others with a different perspective - and vice versa.
Israel appears to be on the verge of "מלחמת אחים"- a "civil" war; the threat is greater than anytime since pre-statehood (when Ben Gurion was willing to murder fellow Jews to increase his personal power and his general, Rabin, stood ready to do his bidding; I refer to the ship Altalena).
Jerusalem has become the primary battleground and civility is the first casualty. Such behavior, while it is not new to us - senseless hatred once cost us the Temple - will in the end bring the demise of the "Israel experiment" and we will once again bewail the loss of Jerusalem and all of Israel.
Rather than exposing VIPs to the base behavior of some denizens of Jerusalem, and I'm including members of Knesset, take visiting VIPs to the action: Ashdod, Sedrot, Netivot. If the guests are adverse to heat, take them north to the border with Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah surely can arrange a fireworks display for the visitors.
