Jamais Ennuyeuse

Jerusalem, or Israel for that matter, can be described as many things. "Boring" is not one of them.
The past 24 hours have seen a lot of action in this neck of the woods. Yesterday British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addressed the Knesset, the first British P.M. to do so since Israel's founding 60 years ago.
Today, on a more sombre note, a "pigua" (attack) occurred at the corner of King David and Keren HaYesod streets, where a tractor driver rammed a construction vehicle into three cars and a city bus before being shot dead by a civilian. At the time of the attack, President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were in the midst of a historic meeting at the President's residence a few miles away. Following their meeting the two offered joint condemnation of the attack.
Tonight Barack Obama will be arriving in Jerusalem and staying at the venerable King David Hotel, located a few blocks from the pigua site. Ha'aretz columnist Bradley Burston's "Ten Mideast Traps for Barack Obama to Avoid" offers a great summary of how life seems to be here- exciting, frustrating, beautiful, even calm at times, but never boring.