On Thursday morning, it comes at the Erez border checkpoint in a serious incident which could potentially mean the end of possible cease-fires in the Gaza Strip. In a survey conducted jointly by Fatah and Islamic Jihad suicide campaign had a Jabalia-resident with a loaded truck tried approximately 4500 kilos of explosives on the Israeli bring side, but was probably caused by a technical defect on the Palestinian side had already exploded. Shortly before crossing the accompanying units with grenades and projectiles were fired. After Israel attacked the fighter planes alleged accomplices vehicles. Victim reports are still mixed: On the Israeli side no casualties on the Palestinian side of the suspected bombers and a non-involved civilians. In an independent Israeli escalation is shot in the zone Juhor ad-Dik a 62-year-old farmer in fighting with militia DFLP. A previously returned from Egypt periodic Hamas delegation had reported the failure of the negotiations. Whether this a definitive answer is to be spent. In the morning, also a died last month by Israeli fire injured youths. Hamas reports a gunman shot dead on Wednesday, without further confirmation. On the Israeli side, a soldier on the Zikkim-crossing is violated for a mortar shell. Qassam attacks are reported only on Wednesday morning, so that the Israeli side is currently still holds the events as not relevant for the negotiations on the ceasefire, while the Hamas-side, very negatively expressed: the Israeli offer is good any question of the border opening . exclude is
In the West Bank near Tulkarm, an Israeli soldier by a car thief to the winds down, but only slightly injured. From Bethelehm some success is reported: Saudi and Qatari companies signed up with Palestinian partners for $ 550 million in construction projects Wednesday, kicking off at investors conference meant to help revive the Palestinian economy and support Mideast peace efforts. Many more reports there will be few and the political speeches you can give yourself. The transparency problem is obvious. Will explain the intention of the British Minister Alexander annually U.S. $ 2 million support for the development of small businesses in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to donate and also sets a "plan", which is present but not exactly in the drawers of the Fatah disappears. The mentioned in the main project, the "Palestinian partners" a third of the total funds received from foreign aid funds, and it actually [Al-Masar Leasing & Investment] Stohmänner represent Kuwaiti investors now sometimes just to Arab business. Arrests 10 Palestinians by the IDF and 7 Hamasniks by the PA. Israeli defense officials + GeneRally respond dismissively to questions about the capabilities of the Palestinian Authority's preventive security forces, but a visit to the Jenin area with the Palestinian forces shows their attitude does not match reality, at least in this sector. Meanwhile, Najef Hawathmeh, DFLP leader spoke up and said the Foreign Minister Livni's negotiators of the PA was about the border demarcation, a 12% offered 20% Package: 12% of the West Bank including East Jerusalem go in Israeli possession of and 20% verblebein as a security zone under Israeli military control, notably the Jordan Valley.
some confusion in this report: The IDF completed a large drill on Wednesday , Which Was conducted in order to drill its high-ranking officers on a number of scenarios in a number of different arenas. The drill, named 'Avney Esh' (Stones of Fire) is the second of its kind since the Second Lebanon War came to an end, and both the IDF's and the Winograd report's conclusions from the war were implemented in it. The maneuver galt wohl eher dem Gazastreifen. Trotzdem sorgen die gestern geleakten Annäherungen zwischen Israel und Syrien für manövrellen Flurschaden: Israel, America’s staunchest ally in the Middle East, just became the latest example of a country that has decided it is better to deal with its foes than to ignore them. The announcement that Israel has entered into comprehensive peace talks with Syria is at odds with the course counseled by the Bush administration, which initially opposed such talks in private conversations with Israelis, according to Israeli and American officials . A week ago, President Bush delivered a speech to the Israeli Parliament likening attempts to “negotiate with the terrorists and radicals” to appeasement before World War II. [...] The United States voiced tepid support on Wednesday for indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria, a stance that analysts said reflected U.S. doubts about the chances of success. U.S. officials said they would welcome a peace agreement between the two countries, which have been technically at war since Israel declared independence 60 years ago. But they made clear their focus would be on the Israeli-Palestinian track. [...] Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday Syria must distance itself from Tehran and cut ties to Iranian-backed groups like Hezbollah and Hamas if wants to conclude a peace treaty with Israel. [...] While the Syrians may have been looking ahead to a future with the Golan , on the Israeli side Golan residents and tour operators just seemed worried. [...] 65 percent of Israelis are against a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights, even if this would bring true peace with Syria, a poll published by the Geo-Cartographic Institute revealed Thursday. [...] Analysts, including former senior Israeli officials, believe there is little prospect of a peace between Israel and Syria without a shift in U.S. policy toward Damascus, possibly once President George W. Bush steps down in January. [...] Two of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's aides , Chief of Staff Dr. Yoram Turbowicz and State Counselor Shalom Turjeman returned to Israel on Wednesday after two days of intensive talks in Istanbul, Turkey. Immediately upon arrival they rushed to inform the prime minister of the talks' results. [...] Knesset majority of 80 representatives ??? [...] Jon Alterman: It would be nice to think that Israeli-Syrian negotiations represent a key strategic advance . While I wouldn’t rule out such an advance in the future, this all has the whiff of tactical advantage to me. [...] Ethan Bronner : Israel and Syria announced on Wednesday that they were engaged in negotiations for a comprehensive peace treaty through Turkish mediators, a sign that Israel is hoping to halt the growing influence of Iran, Syria's most important ally, which sponsors the anti-Israel groups Hezbollah and Hamas. [...] The depth of cooperation between Syria and Iran is at times presented to cabinet members, but most of the details do not appear in the media because of the limits imposed by the censor. A security source said that we are now dealing with a more sophisticated adversary from those we have faced in the past, as the chess game against us is taking place on three parallel fronts. [...] The official announcement published yesterday in three capitals - Jerusalem, Damascus and Ankara - about the opening of indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel, under the aegis of Turkey, is a source of great hope but also suspicion. This is not the first time hope has been ignited. At least three prime ministers - Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak - drew close, to one extent or another, to an agreement with Syria, but were reluctant at the last minute to sign it. Rabin went so far as to place the conditions for peace as a deposit in the hands of the American administration, a deposit that will now serve as an important legacy for continuing the talks. [...] Israeli authorities have freed early a Syrian detainee serving a 7-year jail sentence on charges of establishing connections with the Hezbollah-led opposition movement and defying Israeli occupation, media reports said Thursday.
Besondere Betrachtung verdient Barak Ravid: The indirect talks between Israel and Syria, made public Wednesday, had their beginning in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's trip to Turkey in February 2007. Forty-five minutes were allocated for Olmert's meeting in Ankara with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it lasted for two and a half hours. Olmert asked Erdogan to mediate between Israel and Syria, potentially paving the way for renewed peace negotiations. An enthusiastic Erdogan took up the challenge at once. This presentation is probably something very pro-Olmert fined. The statement is based on: The former Israeli ambassador to Ankara and Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry, Alon Liel , meanwhile, said the Turkish newspaper "Zaman" ... In February 2007, had then asked Olmert Erdogan in Ankara for the resumption of mediation. From then on, have a foreign policy adviser Erdogan, Davutoglu, messages sent to one side to another. Liel said the newspaper Zaman also in teaching is also the supply of water from Turkey to Syria an issue. Previously circulated paper this contract as the result of ongoing consultations. The meetings were Carried out with the knowledge of senior officials in the government of former prime minister Ariel Sharon . Who is the "European mediator" was never published. Olmert is here made to the nest more and he now must play the "initiator" and no longer Assad him to keep well in political life. Yet his "own" ideas rather show that he is close to mental breakdown: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has proposed in discussions with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, that a naval blockade be imposed on Iran as one of several ways to pressure Iran into stopping its uranium enrichment program. + Iran's disputed nuclear program has sent a wave of interest in atomic energy across the Middle East, a think tank said Tuesday, warning that it risked setting the scene for a regional nuclear arms race. At least 13 Middle Eastern countries either announced new plans to explore atomic energy or revived pre-existing nuclear programs between February 2006 and January 2007, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, or IISS, said in a report. [...] The standard assumption is that a military attack by the United States or Israel to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons would be disastrous for the attackers, and would threaten the stability of the entire Middle East. Various experts outline doomsday scenarios for such an occurrence, and warn especially of Iran's harsh reaction. Fearing the reaction of the ayatollahs has a paralyzing effect. Even before the first shot has been fired, Iran can credit itself with a success. It created an image of an omnipotent country that will not hesitate to use its power to respond and avenge a military operation against it. This is an impressive psychological achievement. But a new paper, to be published this month in the U.S. by two well-known experts on the subject, sketches a different and more complex picture. The paper is "The Last Resort," written by Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy . The main point, notes Dr. Clawson in an interview with Haaretz, is that the success or failure of a military attack depends on many variables, and not just the degree of damage the attack would cause. [Can, since the book is still not on the Internet is available to read it either.]
The police have documents pointing to the possible collusion of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's bureau chief , Shula Zaken, in the bribery scandal, Which Involves dog hundreds of thousands of dollars. Haaretz has had access for some time to these key documents, Which sparked the most recent investigation against Olmert, but they were under a gag order until Wednesday night. [At present, tends to make a direct charge against Olmert to zero.]
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