Israeli officials: ‘We Expect Mahmoud Abbas To Take Action; If He Doesn’t We Will!’ ‘Terror Groups Are Getting Bolder Because Abbas Not Confronting Them’ Latest Opinion Poll Gives PM Lower Approval Rating of 52% With Public Support For Withdrawal Also Slipping to 54%
Palestinian Issues
WEST BANK SECURITY FENCE SAVES HUNDREDS OF ISRAELI LIVES
Shabak Chief Avi Dichter: ‘West Bank Security Fence Has Cut 90 % of Israeli Fatalities In Terror Attacks From Samaria!’ ‘If Security Fence Had Been Built Earlier, It Would Have Altered Israel’s War On Terrorism’ ‘Greatest Failure Was Not Preventing Palestinian Assassination Of Cabinet Minister Rechavam Zeevi’
KNESSET REBELLS
Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee Rejects Prime Minister Sharon’s Plan To allow Egyptian Troops To Re-enter Sinai MK Steinitz: ‘Tragic Mistake To Allow Egyptian Troops Back Into Sinai!’ Vice-Premier Peres: ‘Gaza Evacuation Will Be Postponed from July To Mid August Due To Jewish Holy Days’
DISENGAGEMENT CONNEXIONS
IDF Soldier Killed While Tracking Down Palestinian Killer Indicates President Mahmoud Abbas Is Still Talking But Not ‘Doing’ Cabinet Minister Sharansky’s Resignation Is Proof Withdrawal Will Be Implemented Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Solidifies ‘Silent Alliance’ with Israel
QUO VADIS ARIEL SHARON?
IDF Chief Of Staff Yaalon: ‘Terror Flare-up On West Bank After Disengagement, If Abu Mazen Does Not Crack Down’ ‘Yesterday’s Palestinian Attack Reflects Trend In Gaza Strip’ Government May Postpone Gaza Withdrawal Because of Religious Holiday
CRAWFORD & THE ABSENT PARTNER
Analyst David Essing: ‘The Bush – Sharon Summit Was Maintenance Stop On Way To The Roadmap’ ‘Bush Rapped Sharon’s Knuckles Over Maale Adumim While Also Calling On Palestinian President Abbas To Step On The Gas’
BACKDROP TO SHARON – BUSH SUMMIT
Defense Minister Mofaz: ‘Despite Palestinian Shelling in Gaza, Israel Is Not Giving Up On Mahmoud Abbas’ IDF Officer: ‘In the North, Hezbollah May Attack Within Hours or Days!’
BALANCE SHEET FOR CRAWFORD
Three Thousand Israeli Policemen Deployed To Prevent Far Right Jewish Worshipers From Praying on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Palestinian Authority Does Nothing To Prevent Terrorists Launching Some 70 Qassam Rockets And Mortars At Israeli Settlements And IDF Positions In Gaza Strip
FUTURE BORDERS & DEMOGRAPHY
Dr. Dan Schueftan: ‘Roadmap Process Should Deal With Population Mix Within Future Israeli-Palestinian Borders’ ‘Exchanges Of Land Inhabited By Israeli Arabs To Palestinian State Is A Solution’
DISENGAGEMENT – POLITICAL FALLOUT & LIKUD MELTDOWN
Likud MK Landau: ‘The Battle for Gaza is the Battle for Jerusalem!’ Labor MK Shochatt: ‘Netanyahu Won’t Try to Topple Sharon before Disengagement; Early Election Is More Probable After Withdrawal’