What a PA collapse would mean for Israel

May. 18, 2007 13:14
Analysis: What a PA collapse would mean for Israel
By HERB KEINON

When the security cabinet meets Sunday to finish its discussion on how to grapple with the Kassams from Gaza, one hopes that beyond dealing with the very acute problem of how to reduce the rocket attacks on Sderot, it will also take up the issue of how Israel will react if the Palestinian Authority collapses.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708629639&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hanson on Sins of the Left

All Your Climate Sins Forgiven?
The new penance doesn't offset much.

By Victor Davis Hanson

What do leftist, mostly secular elites share with medieval sinners? They feel bad that the way they live sometimes doesn’t quite match their professed dogma.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2ZjNDA5Y2JiOGU1ZGQzNDZhZGZhNjg0ZGFlZjQxMmE=

Krauthammer on Real Peace

May 18, 2007

For Israel, There Was No Peace Before The Land
By Charles Krauthammer

WASHINGTON -- There has hardly been an Arab peace plan in the past 40 years -- including the current Saudi version -- that does not demand a return to the status quo of June 4, 1967. Why is that date so sacred? Because it was the day before the outbreak of the Six Day War in which Israel scored one of the most stunning victories of the 20th century. The Arabs have spent four decades trying to undo its consequences.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/05/for_israel_there_was_no_peace.html

David Brooks on Future Wars ...

The Insurgent Advantage
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: May 18, 2007

The war on terror has shredded the reputation of the Bush administration. It’s destroyed the reputation of Tony Blair’s government in Britain, Ehud Olmert’s government in Israel and Nuri al-Maliki’s government in Iraq. And here’s a prediction: It will destroy future American administrations, and future Israeli, European and world governments as well.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/opinion/18brooks.html