Peace?

I've taken hundreds - well, probably thousands - of pictures in the 18 months that I've lived in Romania. This is one of my favorites, an image of the Jewish synagogue a couple of buildings away from my apartment block. What you don't see in this image is the rusted gate between the synagogue and the people, the gate secured by an old padlock. Before WWII, Romania boasted a large Jewish population, but few remained after the war. So, the building sits empty.
Even as I type this, I'm watching images flash across my television - images of bombs falling on Beirut and Haifa. Today's Sydney Morning Herald details the evacuation of Australian citizens from Lebanon, and the first flight evacuating Romanians from the region is scheduled to touch down in Bucharest in about an hour. All of this has been impressing upon me the importance of praying for the peace of Israel. This is not a political statement on my part, not a judgment that Israel is in the right and Lebanon in the wrong; it is just a reminder that I need to be praying for peace in Israel, however it may come.