Will this increase or decrease the likelihood of terrorist actions in America, Europe and the rest of the world?

If you were a member of a family murdered in this conflict, would you be seeking revenge?

Should Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert, be tried for war crimes if or when this conflict comes to an end?

What will the price of oil be in 4 weeks time?

and as i wrote on NOWT, for once and possibly the only time, i concur fully with what this article in the gurniad says

however, the chances of the protocols within the security council now being rewritten remain less than zero, and not just because it would not (necessarily) suit america to have them changed ..... can you even envisage russia and china agreeing to any changes in the veto system?

Fergal Keane explores the use of terrorist techniques in Algeria and Mandatory Palestine to find out if they were the crucial factor in the defeat of the colonial powers.

On now R4, interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBYkBqY1-LM

Interesting views of President Harry Truman from his diary

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/diary/page21.htm

A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt

Is that what cynic is really doing on his holiday.

He will make a buck from anywhere.

looks more like Jesus than Mohamed ...... wonder why he'ld want to poison the palestinians with that stuff, not that it is even chicken as we know it ...... still, i guess Subway would be an even nastier death

Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister who has been in a coma for 8 years, has died. He was the prime architect of the settlements in the west bank and his death doesn't come a moment too soon. He would better to have been put on trial for crimes against humanity. He built settlements in Gaza, but had to close them and withdraw because Gaza was too hot to handle. Let's us hope the West Bank rises up in the same way.

He built the West Bank barrier on occupied land. In 1982 he was found to be responsible for a massacre in refugee camps in Lebanon by Israeli authorities. There was a demonstration of 400,000 Israelis against Sharon calling him a murderer. The Palestinians call him The Butcher.

He was as bad a war criminal as any in history. An official investigation by Israel said that he should never hold any further official posts. He regularly shot prisoners of war and was responsible for the killing of thousands of civilians.

Just the death of a thug.

for all people on all sides, i'ld like to strongly recommend reading the book below ..... it is very interesting indeed, and i'm sure it will enlighten, sometimes surprisingly .....

My Promised Land: the triumph and tragedy of Israel (Ari Shavit)

Interesting to see Putin emulating Israel in his land grab.

Would love to see Cameron conduct an in/out referendum as quickly and efficiently as did Putin ....

read the book hays .... it may teach you lots - as it did me

Similar was said about the Bible!

I have ordered the book from Amazon. Unfortunately, I forgot to alter the dispatch address from the last time I used Amazon, so it will go to my son at Uni. I will have to get him to bring it to me at Easter.

I have edited the order, I hope it worked,

it really is a very interesting read, but resist commenting until you've read it completely
it's quite provocative - i.e. makes one think or even rethink preconceived ideas - in some unexpected directions; well for me anyway

I have read a lot of books on the subject.

i don't doubt it, but nevertheless it might surprise you, though maybe not

At last Fatah and Hama's have made peace with each other. They will form a united government in a few weeks and have elections in a few months. Netenyahu is not happy and has suspended peace talks. That's a laugh. Peace talks that are not intended to reach peace ever. It is a diversion to allow Israel to steal more of the land in the West Bank. It has been like a discussion over how to divide a pizza when one party keeps eating it as they continue talking.

Better to just stop the talks and be realistic and take the consequences.