the current Israeli government refuses to do to Arab terrorists and their families what they are all too willing to do to their own Jewish citizens, who have not murdered anyone. And it seems, with an appetite. An appetite to destroy.

the US president has taken it upon himself to decide that the issues aired and left pending will henceforth be deemed by the US presidency closed between the parties.

The Quartet underlined its commitment to the irreversibility of the negotiations

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni may not be a crook, but she is a fraud. And if polls are to be believed, Livni the fraud is just one fraudulent election away from becoming our next prime minister.

It is inconceivable that somebody - for whatever reasons, be they political or personal - allows himself to say things that I unequivocally reject.”

That audience is not Israel’s enemies, but the Israeli people. The government knows full well that none of Israel’s enemies take its threats seriously.

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the destruction of Gush Katif. It won’t happen like that again.

The Second Lebanon War was certainly not a success from the Israeli point of view. Few of its objectives were achieved, and most of those that were achieved, could have been achieved about a week into the fighting…

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 [...]

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.