NO EVACUATION OF SDEROT

Defense Minister Amir Peretz: ‘Under No Circumstances Will Israeli Town Of Sderot Be Evacuated Due To Palestinian Rocketing From Gaza Strip’ Former Defense Minister Moshe Arens: ‘IDF Will Have To Launch Ground Operation Into Gaza To Halt Palestinian Attacks’

GATHERING POLITICAL STORM

Opinion Polls Are Distorted By Uncertainty About Party Leaders In Kadima & Labor Barak & Ayalon In Neck And Neck Race In Labor Olmert’s Political Fate Could Be Decided By Attorney General And/Or Vinograd Enquiry Into Lebanon War

PALESTINIAN BLOODLETTING

Brig. Gen. Shalom Harari: ‘Internal Palestinian Clashes Between Hamas And Fatah Likely To Continue In Coming Days’ ‘Israeli Easing Of Roadblocks Has Always Been Exploited By Terrorists – IDF Undercover Operations On West Bank Prevent Suicide Bombers From Penetrating Israel’ ‘Egypt Could Do Much More To Block Palestinian Arms Smuggling From Sinai in to Gaza Strip’

GAZA & IRAQ

Shalom Harari: ‘Level Of Internal Palestinian Violence Has Approached Situation In Iraq’ ‘U.S. Secretary Of State Condoleezza Rice Trying To Build Pro-Western Bloc In Middle East Against Islamist Movement’ ‘Democratizing Middle East Is Pipe Dream If Citizens Keep AK Automatic Weapons Under Their Beds’

BLAIR IN JERUSALEM

Olmert Tells Blair: ‘I’m Ready To Return To Roadmap & Meet Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Without Prior Condition’ Blair To Olmert: ‘The Tragedy Is Everybody Wants Peace But Plan To Get It Is Not Being Implemented’ Hamas Declares: ‘We Do Not Recognize Israel & Reject the Partition Plan of 1947’

GAZA STRIP = LEBANON II

Shabak Security Chief Diskin: ‘Palestinian Arms Smuggling Is Turning Gaza Strip Into Lebanon II’ ‘Unless We Reopen Negotiations On Rafah & Philadelfi Passage, Gaza Strip Will Also Turn Into Strategic Threat Within Three to Five Years’ ‘After IDF Pullout, Northern Samaria Is Now Islamic Jihad Land’