October 31, 2000

A quiet night of sitting at home and visiting with a good friend - good fellowship, conversation, singing songs, drinking tea. We have now heard that Arafat's headquarters bombed in Nablus last night are across the street from the Sisters of Mercy hospice and maybe 120 yards from the Anglican church in Nablus.

Lights from the nearby Arab American University.

Then we heard planes overhead - there's no regular flight path through the West Bank, only military planes. We usually see their lights at night, but tonight we could hear them (flying slow and low--no sonic booms this time).They're flying lower and lower, adding to a sense of claustrophobia - closed in all around, and now from above.