And What About Us?

At this moment, I am not sure about the veracity of this report, since helicopters did indeed fly up to Jerusalem and I am pretty sure the President was in one of them. The NYTimes states he flew up.

Nevertheless, the story does bear some importance:-

The United States revised travel plans by President George Bush because of the threat of a Palestinian missile attack.

Israeli sources said the U.S. Secret Service canceled Bush's plans to travel by helicopter from Ben-Gurion Airport to Jerusalem on Wednesday. The sources said the Secret Service determined that Bush's helicopter could be targeted by an attacker with a surface-to-air missile. "There was an intense last-minute discussion about the possibility of a SAM attack," an Israeli source said. "When the Israeli side agreed that this could not be ruled out, the Secret Service decided to cancel the helicopter flight."

For after all, it could be Olmert's helicopter next time.

And soon, all of Ben-Gurion Airport will be in Arab shoulder-to-air missile range.