My wife and I were talking this morning about Israel and Iran and she asked "How's your Israeli friend doing?" (She and I spent a day with him at his home in the Galilee 10 years ago.) I haven't been to FT much recently and I told her I would take a look and see if he had been posting. So I searched for his posts and saw the "In Memoriam" tag. Sad but not surprised; I've lost a number of contemporaries in the last 5 years. I think he would have been 80.

Dov and I didn't agree on much but over the years we developed a grudging liking and respect for each other. I met him numerous times and broke bread with him in three countries. Rest in peace, my friend.