PA negotiator Qureia has said that if these current “negotiations” between Israel and Fatah fail, they will demand the Arab “one state” solution.

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 [...]

Hamas Beat Gaza Arabs, Took over Homes for Attacks
(IsraelNN.com) A resident of the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun told the Hebrew newspaper Ma’ariv that Hamas terrorists beat several residents while seizing their apartments for attacks on Israel. “They set up heavy machine guns in the windows and planted large explosive devices on the sidewalks,” [...]

Jerusalem Post - Abu Toameh
AP-Palestinians line up for rationed fuel at a gas station in Gaza City.
Hamas militiamen in the Gaza Strip on Sunday attacked fuel trucks headed toward the Nahal Oz border crossing, forcing them to turn back, sources in the Palestinian Petroleum Authority said.
The fuel was supposed to go to the UN Relief [...]

by Carlos

Jimmy Carter addressing a Jewish group in Israel. (New York Times)
April 23, 2008 - “You don’t make peace with your friends, but with your enemies.” How often have we heard this slogan lately? If repeating a cliche often enough could make problems disappear, we would already have peace in the Middle East.
Unfortunately, [...]

A new poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Palestinians support the attack this month on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem that killed eight young men, most of them teenagers, an indication of the alarming level of Israeli-Palestinian tension in recent weeks.

From The Terror Finance Blog

The Bush Administration’s search for partners to promote “peace” and “democracy” within the Palestinian Authority (PA) resembles Lord Charles Bowen’s “blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat — which isn’t there.”
For the first time, the Bush Administration plans to give $150 million in cash directly to the [...]

By Ted Belman, in Israpundit
(Image from Vanity Fair)
Israel should release most of the 10,000 Palestinian prisoners held by them as part of a plan. I say most because the worst ones, I.e. those with “blood on their hands”, must be kept to make a point, namely, that murderers must be held accountable.
So what’s the plan? [...]

On this Santa Cruz, California TV Show, Becky Johnson and Lee Caplan examine the videos and other evidence of Rachel Corrie’s death, including IDF footage of the incident.

Before dawn on Monday morning, Ehud Olmert rushed back to Israel from a meeting with US Secretary of State Rice in Tokyo and ordered the Gaza offensive stopped in mid-stride, while missile strikes on Sderot, Ashkelon and surrounding communities continued. Hamas is using Grads and Katyushas to bombard Israeli towns, the weapons supplied to them [...]

What is the purpose of these attacks from Gaza, the Arab violence in Jerusalem, the Shomron and Samaria, and soon in northern Israel? What is the purpose of Hizbullah attacks on Israel from Lebanon? The Arabs do not expect to knock out Israel with Katyushas and Grads on Askelon, Ashdod and Sderot. They don’t expect [...]

Egypt’s intelligence minister Omar Suleiman canceled his visit to Israel because of expectations of increased of cross-border violence between Israel and Gaza.