My friend, who I am staying with in Beirut, IM'd me today and said that she thought that I should not try to go to Israel after Lebanon, because it isn't safe there.

That really freaked me out. What has the world come to when a Beiruti thinks that Jerusalem is dangerous?
I hope that it is not the case that she knows something that I don't, but that Israels defense ministry should. (Though I think she was just worried about all the suicide bimbings and stuff).