- Israel is told, don’t end your conflict with Syria — this from Farid Ghadry, president of the Reform Party of Syria. (The Jerusalem Post)
- NORMAN PODHORETZ makes the case for bombing Iran, in part to protect Israel from being destroyed. (Commentary)
- Moshe Arens argues that “Terrorists cannot be deterred….and punitive blows directed at the public that supports them tend to be counterproductive.â€? His solution is direct military battles, using “forces on the ground.â€? — except in the case of Hizbulla, when that is not the case at all.(Haaretz)
- Jerome M. Segal wants Olmert to act before the next Palestinian elections: “offer a Clinton-like peace proposal to the Palestinian people. President Abbas will take it to a referendum and if it is rejected at least we would have clarity.� (Ynet)
- Assorted views on whether there will be a major war this summer (Haaretz): http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/861123.html and http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/868470.html
- Dore Gold argues that Israel should negotiate deal with Egypt, rather than relying on deploying an international force, or oder to police the border between the Gaza Strip and Egyptian Sinai. (Ynet)
- Carlo Strenger, puzzled by why “neither the Sharon nor the Olmert governments have given the Saudi peace initiative any serious consideration,� suggests this reason: “Israeli public discourse and national consciousness have never come to terms with the idea… that Israel actively drove 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1947/8 and hence has at least partial responsibility for the Palestinian Nakba.� (Haaretz)
- Caroline Glick decried Israel’s defeatist attitude toward Hamas. (Jerusalem Post)
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