An interesting interview between Jeffery Gold and John McCain. Earlier McCain had a not so favorable Jerusalem Post interview, where he announced he would have anti-Israel Mideast advisors. He did better here, but what is true?

Statement by the Hatikvah Party (English) (Hebrew), a new secular Zionist, right wing party in Israel.
by MK Arieh Eldad, one of the party founders
If the Zionist revolution was intended to bring normality to the Jewish people, it was destined to fail.
The Jewish people is not a normal people. There is no historical parallel to a [...]

Jerusalem Post - Khaled Abu Toameh
The corruption case against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has earned Israel tremendous respect throughout the Arab world, where many have called on their leaders to benefit from Israel’s democratic system and independent judicial system.
Words of praise for Israel are a rare phenomenon in the Arab media. But judging from the [...]

Barak: The Die Has Been Cast, Prepare for Elections
(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Ehud Barak, as chairman of the Labor party, told his colleagues on Thursday to get ready for elections by the end of this year. In the ruling Kadima party, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni condemned the moral corruption exposed in recent days and said that [...]

Washington asks nuclear watchdog to search for two more Syrian nuclear sites
Debka
According to the Washington Post, US officials have identified at least three suspected nuclear sites in Syria, two more than the Al Kibar reactor Israel bombed last year, and passed the information to the International Atomic Energy Agency. This confirms the Oct. 25, [...]

With a $5 billion allocation in hand from Tehran, the Syrian delegation was bidding for the most advanced products of Russia’s munitions industry.

Caroline Glick, Jewish Press
Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza was presented to the world as a strategic bid to enhance prospects for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. Proponents of the move argued that removing all Israeli civilians and military personnel from Gaza would take away the source of [...]

MEMRI
Introduction
In late January 2008, the Media Supervision Committee of Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance ordered the closure of the women’s movement monthly Zanan, which had appeared in Iran for 16 years. The order came after the magazine published an investigative article on istishhad (i.e. martyrdom) operations. The conservative news agency Fars reported, citing [...]

by Dore Gold
JCPA
Vol. 8, No.1 22 May 2008
* Israeli negotiators will quickly discover three core areas in their discussions with the Syrians that they will not resolve easily: delineation of an agreed boundary, security arrangements, and the Syrian-Iranian alliance.
* Just prior to the [...]

An Israeli legal statute from 1978 forbids any Israeli citizen or member of the government from discussing transfer of sovereign Israeli territory with any nation at war with Israel, such as Syria.

President Bush’s speech to the Knesset on the occasion of Israel’s 60th Independence Day celebration.

Distinguished guests, I really appreciate your warm welcome. And we are thrilled to be here with one of America’s closest friends. Laura and I are honored to represent the American people on the 60th anniversary of your independence. Happy birthday.