As usual, Carolyn Glick gets to the point. This is not only of interest to those of us who follow Israeli politics and wonder why in the world Olmert and his cronies are still in office, but its lessons can apply to those of us still in the US, as well.

David Landau, editor of [...]

This is to be expected…we all wait with bated breath to see if Bush caves or stands on Israeli Independence Day this year.
Will George observe the Independence day celebrations in Jerusalem, or go to an Arab nakba riot in the Arab occupied territories of Israel?
Another interesting thing will be to see how much damage Olmert, [...]

Jerusalem Issue Brief
Institute for Contemporary Affairs
founded jointly at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
with the Wechsler Family Foundation
Vol. 7, No. 27 7 January 2008
Gerald M. Steinberg

Within two weeks following publication of the NIE report, China signed a major contract on energy development and supply with Iran, and Russia quickly dispatched two shipments [...]

Two Jerusalem organizations have sent a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, reminding him that discussions with US President Bush or PA Chairman Abbas regarding a possible division of Jerusalem are in violation of Israeli law.

The US National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, published in December, 2007 caused a major stir and serious reconsiderations among American allies in the Mideast and elsewhere by saying that Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and was not likely to develop nuclear weapons in the forseeable future.

A Letter from Ruth and Nadia Matar of the Women in Green, looking for supporters and participants in a large protest that will happen on January 8, 2008. The protest will start at Har Choma at 6 pm
Dear Friends of Israel,
We cannot allow the Israeli government to maintain the illusion that it is acting in [...]

The representatives of the government of the state of Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, represented respectively by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Mahmoud Abbas, in his capacity as chairman of the PLO executive committee and president of the Palestinian Authority, have convened in Annapolis, Maryland, under the auspices of President George W. Bush [...]

Speaking at a conference at Bar Ilan University on Israeli-American relations, Jones said, “Pollard took money and sold out his country… The fact that he wasn’t executed shows that he was treated mercifully.”