Covering The Middle East And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Today's Focus, August 1, 2008
Opinion And Commentary
Housecleaning First - Yoel Marcus, Ha'aretz
The 'Down Side' To Attack On Iran - Jim Lobe, Asia Times
'Peace Agreement', Not 'Peace' - Aaron Lerner, Israel Insider
Because Of That War - Ariela Ringel-Hoffman, Ynet News
Jewish Blindness To Meaning Of Oil - Sarah Kass, Ha'aretz
Our Terminal Stupidity - Martin Sherman, Ynet News
Olmert's Legacy - Sammy Benoit, Israel National News
Malaise Extends Beyond Olmert - David Kimche, Jerusalem Post
Islamic Terror Breeds In Iran - Amil Imani, Israel National News
America's Age Of Denial - Tom Engelhardt, MotherJones
Olmert's Legacy - Mark Heller, The Globe And Mail
Olmert Bows Out: It’s About Time - Lisa Goldman, Pajamas Media
Kadima's Legacy Of Nothingness - Caroline Glick, TownHall
Persecution Against A Tolerant Faith - Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal
Economic War Against Palestinians Has Failed - Yossi Alpher, The Forward
Israeli Advice To Next President - Ron Pundak, The Daily Star
Olmert: Best Hope As A Lame Duck - Rachel Shabi, The Guardian
Lame Duck Peace Push? - M. Oren & Y. Klein Halevi, Wall Street Journal
Livni Versus Mofaz - Amir Oren, Ha'aretz
Tzipi Livni, Would-Be Prime Minister - Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun
Goodbye To A Lame Duck - Seth Freedman, The Guardian
My Crime: To Tell The Truth - Mohammad Bakri, Electronic Intifada
Put Kids In Charge Of Peace - Khaled Diab, The Guardian
Olmert's Late Departure - Eitan Haber, Ynet News
The Nine Lives Of Ehud Olmert - Yossi Klein Halevi, The New Republic
Iranians And Israelis Should Know - T. Parsi, R. Ben-Yehuda, Middle East Times
Can Obama Best Rice? - Nadia Hijab, Middle East Online
Ehud Olmert Says Goodbye - Attila Somfalvi, Ynet News
Joe Klein And The Jewish Neocons - Daniel Levy, Huffington Post
West Bank Wall Bigger Than Berlin's - Yousef Munayyer, S.F. Chronicle
Editorials
Transition In Israel - Washington Post
The Welcome Exodus Of Ehud Olmert - Investor's Business Daily
No Tolerance For Corruption - Ha'aretz
Olmert Is Out, But Israel Is Still Stuck - Financial Times
Ehud Olmert's Long Goodbye - The Globe And Mail
Olmert's Loss, And Israel's - The Forward
Israel's Future - Washington Times
Dangers Of Drift In Israel And West Bank - The Guardian
Berlin ♥ Iran - Wall Street Journal
Small Media Needs Watching, Too - HonestReporting
Reports And Analysis
Bombs In Gaza, Parties In Ramallah - Rinat Malkes, Pajamas Media
Israel Concerned Over Germany-Iran Deal - Der Spiegel
After Olmert's Announcement - Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
Israel Picks Up The Pieces - Peter Hirschberg, Asia Times
Inflation Threatens Ahmadinejad - Erica Alini, World Politics Review
Ehud Olmert Says He'll Go - The Economist
Books: Oil, Unemployment, Testosterone - Austin Bay, Washington Times
Israel And Hizballah Ready To Rumble? - Nicholas Blanford, Time
The End Of An Ignoble Era - Ulrike Putz, Der Spiegel
Israel After Olmert - Andrew Lee Butters, Time
Report: Iran Building Secret Nuclear Reactor - MEMRI
Obama: The Peacemaker - Bill Boyarsky, Truthdig
Olmert's Exit: Peace Process In Turmoil - James Hider, Times Of London
Olmert's Possible Successors - Toni O'Loughlin, The Guardian
Olmert Dims Hopes For Peace Deal - Andrew Lee Butters, Time
Profile: Ehud Olmert - M. Tran And C. Urquhart, The Guardian
Olmert's Departure: Little Hope For Talks - Ian Black, The Guardian
Hezbollah Has Tripled Arsenal - Benny Avni, N.Y. Sun
Israeli Soldier Kills Boy In Crowd - M. Abukhater And R. Boudreaux, L.A. Times
Ending Syria's Pariah Status - N. Mahfoud And R.F. Worth, N.Y. Times
Cartoons
Olmert's Hourglass - Moshik
Obama in the Middle East - Yaakov Kirshen
Deals And Bush's Policy - Paresh Nath
Bush And Olmert Hit The Bees - Paresh
Israeli Prisoner Exchange - Yaakov Kirschen, Dry Bones
Olmert And Nasrallah - Moshik
Bulldozer Terrorist - Moshik
Axis Of Evil Headquarters - Clement
The Truce - Patrick Chappatte
Cease-fire Bridge - Paresh
Documents & Background Material
The Israel Lobby And US Policy - J.J. Mearsheimer S.M. Walt
McCain's Aipac Speech - Commentary Magazine
Obama's Aipac Speech 2007 - Aipac.org
Bush's Speech to the Knesset - Wall Street Journal
Country Profiles - BBC
Hamas Covenant 1988 - Yale Law School
Timeline of Arab-Israeli Conflict - The Israel Project TIP
Maps of Conflict - BBC