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Vivian Bercovici: As Trump weighs 'limited' strike on Iran, Israelis attempt normal weekend

Israel is on a knife edge

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SDEROT, Israel — Sometimes it’s the GPS. You enter a destination a half-hour from your location, and it directs you to a neighbourhood in Beirut. Or Amman.

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It’s one of many signs.

Vivian Bercovici: As Trump weighs 'limited' strike on Iran, Israelis attempt normal weekend Back to video

For more than a month now, Israelis have been carrying on with day-to-day life while expecting a massive U.S. attack to be launched on Iran at any moment.

We are pelted with random newsflashes foretelling disaster.

Wednesday evening, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned all Poles in Iran to leave immediately, saying they may not have that option in a day or two.

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Thursday night, the U.S. Embassy in Israel reportedly arranged for immediate evacuation of American exchange students in Israel, who had been scheduled to fly out on Saturday.

Israel’s Home Front Command reassures the civilian population that the country is on the highest alert. But that we should go about our lives “normally.”

We live in this space between the........

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