This article<\/a> isn\u2019t talking about politics \u2014 although, obviously, mass emigration from the Middle East would have enormous political and economic ramifications for the region itself and for the entire world.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
I have to say that the major sites in Israel were unusually uncrowded this year, and that the temperatures were noticeably cooler. \u00a0That was very pleasant.<\/p>\n
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Such conditions, though, may be an aberration.<\/p>\n
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Posted from Paris, France<\/p>\n
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