Just as President Bush is visiting Israel, the pressure is mounting on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign for his poor performance during the 2006 Lebanon war. Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu are waiting in the wings.
After enduring years of rocket fire from the nearby Gaza Strip and no end in sight, the residents of Sderot contemplate whether to stay or leave and the town’s crippled businesses survive on hope and loans.