Bush pardons man for breaking law to help Israel (AP)

Is The Two State Solution Finished?
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/24/2008 — It didn't take long for the "two state solution" to move from the category of radical to banal, but that is what has happened. Today the "two-state solution" is everyone's favorite remedy. And yet it is farther from realization than ever. Its fate ...

Palestinian terrorists bombard Ashkelon with Grad rockets | Israel | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 12/24/2008 — Palestinian terrorists on Wednesday morning fired over 60 rockets and mortar shells from the Gaza Strip at Ashkelon and the western Negev, prompting Israel to hold up a shipment of aid scheduled to pass through to the Strip later Wednesday. Meanwhile, ...

More mideast euphemisms
soccerdad.baltiblogs.com 12/24/2008 — There's another entry in the annals of euphemism in Middle East reporting. The word is "study" as in: Hamas ready to study new Gaza cease-fire with Israel A headline seen in many online news stories yesterday. Here's what it really means: Palestinian ...

Bishop Tutu and "Israeli Apartheid"
hudsonny.org 12/24/2008 — Late last month, I went to hear Bishop Desmond Tutu speak at Boston's Old South Church at a conference on 'Israel Apartheid.' Tutu is a well respected man of G-d. He brought reconciliation between blacks and whites in South Africa. That he would ...

IAF kills Hamas gunman in strike on Gaza rocket launchers - Haaretz - Israel News
haaretz.com 12/24/2008 — An Israel Air Force strike killed a Hamas gunman in the southern Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets and mortars into southern Israel on Wednesday, dampening prospects for a renewed cease fire. The six-month cease fire ...

Will Jonathon Pollard Have to Die First, Too?: Bush Pardons Charles Winters — Debbie Schlussel

Bush issues posthumous pardon to hero of Israel's War of Independence — Israel Matzav

Russian Missile Sales to Iran May Raise Prospect of Israeli Strike — Crooks and Liars

Charlie Winters’ War … The Man Pres. Bush Pardoned Today — Pat Dollard | Young Americans

Bush Pardons Man Who Helped Nascent Israel, Pollard Supporters Wait in Hope — CNSNews.com Headlines

Negotiator Says U.S., Russia Are Split Over Scope of Arms Treaty Follow-Up but Agree on Goal — Wash Post Federal Page 12/22/2008
The Pentagon's desire to place conventional warheads on submarine-launched and land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, to be able to strike terrorists or other targets anywhere in the world within an hour, has drawn the keen attention of ...

Israeli prime minister visits Turkey (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/22/2008
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is visiting Turkey for talks expected to center on the Middle East and Turkish-mediated peace talks between Israel and Syria.

Bush clears way for Costa Rica to join CAFTA — Reuters: Politics 12/23/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush cleared the way on Tuesday for Costa Rica to formally join a regional free trade agreement between the United States, the Dominican Republic and four other Central American countries.

Paterson back from Iraq, with Sen. candidates — First Read 12/24/2008
From NBC’s Lauren Appelbaum After returning from Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany this afternoon, Gov. D avid A. Paterson (D-NY) held a media availability with two New York congressmen, Representatives Steve Israel and Anthony Weiner . Reporters ...

US urges Hamas to cease rocket attacks on Israel (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/27/2008
AP - White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe urged Hamas to cease its rocket attacks on Israel while expressing concern about getting humanitarian supplies to Palestianians living in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.