He writes: “If there were only one phrase I could ban from State’s lexicon, it would be ‘carrots and sticks.’ which is too often a substitute for strategic thinking.”

European leaders pledged to continue bailing out their own nations’ banks, stopping short of a regional rescue effort

An attack on Iran by Israel, with serious damage or even the destruction of both would suit the west, the Arab League, and the Russian Federation.

Both at home and abroad, Britain has lost any shared understanding of the threats that must be faced and how to do so. Indeed, with its steady loss of the power of self-governance to the European Union, there is no longer any clear idea of where political responsibility lies.

Following is an English translation of a speech that Dutch politician Geert Wilder gave in the Dutch Parliament, discussing Islam in the Netherlands.
Mr. Wilder is considered by many to be racist and anti-semitic, although he has supporters among Dutch Jews. In this particular speech there is no anti-semitism. I don’t know enough about him to [...]

The articles below shed more light on the political meaning of the Yeshivat Harav murders. The murder was carried out by an Israeli Arab of Jerusalem, and arranged through Iran, Syria, Hizbulla and Hamas in Syria. Simultaneously Israeli Arabs and Palestinian Arabs in Gaza, the Shomron and Judea have greatly increased their attacks on Israeli [...]

Jerusalem Post
Our neighbor Cyprus, together with Malta, adopted the euro on Tuesday, bringing to 15 out of the 27 EU countries and a population of 320 million out of the EU’s total of 495 million that share the same currency. 2008 will mark the second enlargement of the euro area since 2002 - Slovenia having [...]

Here is the EU working definition (in pdf format) which serves as a guide towards defining antisemitism today. While not universally accepted, it is a useful and informative.
The EU’s Definition of Antisemitism
The purpose of this document is to provide a practical guide for identifying incidents, collecting data, and supporting the implementation and enforcement of legislation [...]

A performance-based roadmap to a permanent two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The following is a performance-based and goal-driven roadmap, with clear phases, timelines, target dates, and benchmarks aiming at progress through reciprocal steps by the two parties in the political, security, economic, humanitarian, and institution-building fields, under the auspices of the Quartet.
The destination is a [...]