Comfort food

So there's more tension in the streets. A new police leadership in Jerusalem has seen numerous raids and arrests in East Jerusalem. The arabs are perturbed. The newspaper headlines read :

Operations included numerous arrests, roadblocks to inspect vehicles, tax collection, house demolitions, shutting off water, various fines, searches and random checks of identification, and more.

  http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/changes-in-jerusalem-police-brass-bring-crackdown-on-arab-residents.premium-1.501246

Meantime up in the govt eschalons, the 2 new kids on the bloc (Lapid and Bennett) are teaming up to form a center-right coalition to force the incumbant's hand (Netanyahu) against the ultra-orthodox religious. It's going to be messy and divisive.

Orange cake 

The political weather is reflected in the skies - very cold winds with occasional sunshine. And that's affecting me. I guess it's the weather and work-stress that's getting to me. Been having fainting spells today, nausea and the asthma that refuses to go away.

But a nice consolation yesterday. My good friend Firas made an orange cake. It was really good ... comfort food. It softened the awful week I'm having. Need to rest more. Am totally exhausted. A piece of orange cake would help.