We're all still in the dark as to what exactly the IDF was supposedly after somewhere near the Syria-Turkey border (at least some of us are). But what no-one seems to have noticed is that whatever went on there, it happened near the very heartland of Jewish mythology.

A few years ago, I accompanied a mixed group of ultra-Orthodox Israelis who were making an organized pilgrimage to Yaakov's Well (the one where he wooed Rachel with his rock-rolling skills) in the biblical village of Harran. It was in south-east Turkey, only a few kilometers from the Syrian border and the area where purportedly last week's clandestine operation took place.

How did they know it was Yaakov's Well? Well, it was a hole in the ground, there was water in it and the village really is called Harran.