Notwithstanding the comments of Deputy

Notwithstanding the comments of Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz, the word in Israel seems to be that the war with Iraq will be brief. My wife visits her father in Haifa every year, usually during the winter. To plan next year’s visit, she is trying to get a sense of when the war will begin and when it will end. The Israelis expect to be attacked again. But, according to family and friends in Israel, the government’s line is that the war will start in late January or February and will not last long.