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Iran Leaders Threaten the World, No to Palestinian Terror State
by Tzipi Livni
 The leaders of Iran deny and mock the Holocaust. They speak proudly and openly of their desire to wipe Israel off the map. And now, by their actions, they pursue the weapons to achieve this objective, to imperil the region and to threaten the world....The international community is faced with no greater responsibility than to stand against this dark and growing danger - not for Israel's sake, but for its own. (Israel Foreign Ministry)
Courting Terrorists
by Zalman Shoval
 Adolf Hitler did not gain power in 1933 in Germany as a result of an election victory - in the elections held that year the Nazi Party actually lost 2 million votes. But joining a coalition with other, more moderate parties, Hitler and his henchmen soon subverted the new government and grabbed absolute power. One important lesson is that whenever a coalition is formed between moderates and anti-democratic extremists, it is only a matter of time until the extremists take over. This is what's probably going to happen soon on the Palestinian political scene, where Mahmoud Abbas and the Hamas terrorists have announced the imminent formation of a national unity government. Hamas has not changed any of its jihadist and annihilative aims against Israel. (Washington Times)
Opening Day at the UN
by Anne Bayefsky
 First came Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He proclaimed that the Arab-Israeli conflict was the most important conflict on earth today. Why? Because it was “emotional” for “people far removed from the battlefield.” Translation: Anti-Semites from all over the world get emotional about the existence of a Jewish state. Annan’s solution to all this feeling was for the Security Council to end the Israeli “occupation.” Until that time, it was quite understandable that “other conflicts” all over the globe won’t be resolved. (National Review)
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Sponsoring Terror Is All Too Easy
by Natan Sharansky
 Considering the apocalyptic fanaticism of Iran's leader, it is an open question whether the regime in Tehran is capable of being deterred through the threat of mutually assured destruction. But given how the world has responded to Hizballah, the point may be academic. For surely Iran would be better served by using proxies to wage a nuclear war against Israel. And if there is no accountability, why stop with Israel? The road to a suitcase bomb in Tel Aviv, Paris or New York just got a whole lot shorter. (Miami Herald)
Facts and Myths about the Israeli-Hizballah War
by William M. Arkin
We have grown exaggerated in describing war. The words "massacre," "genocide," and "war crimes" flow too freely. During a recent visit to Lebanon, I didn't see any massacres, period. I didn't see any wholesale killing of civilians. There was no genocide. Fact: Hizballah operated from southern Lebanese villages and towns, virtually owning  their controlled areas. They managed to fire almost 4,000 rockets into Israel and another 1,000 anti-tank missiles against Israeli forces on the border and in southern Lebanon. This means hundreds if not thousands of combatants, scores if not hundreds of launch and supply points. To say Hizballah was nowhere near villages where the Israelis killed civilians or that Israeli attacks were unconnected to Hizballah is false. (Washington Post)
Open Your Eyes, Smell the Anti-Semitism
by Joel Rubinfeld
In itself, criticizing Israeli policy is certainly not reprehensible, neither legally nor morally. What is questionable, is the singling out, the exceptional treatment which the Jewish state is subjected to. Because how on earth can we explain that a nation covering 0.0001 percent of the planet’s surface, whose inhabitants make up one thousandth of the world’s population, and which, according to the annual report by Freedom House, is one of the most democratic states in the world, has attracted so much media attention, whereas Darfur has been the stage of 10 daily “Qanas” for the past three years, and is glaringly absent? The writer is President of the Brussels-based think tank Atlantis Institute. (Ynet News)
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