" Palestinian leaders have done a lamentable job of preparing their public for the types of concessions necessary for an enduring Israeli-Palestinian settlement. Accordingly, the far-reaching compromises that were under discussion will likely come as a shock to many on the streets of Ramallah and Hebron. The ensuing outrage, unfortunately, makes it possible that the leakers could sabotage the peace process, as they seem to have intended. "

And everyone else afraid of leaving the house for fear of being bombed? Fuck them, apparently. " Open Doors USA President/CEO Carl Moeller says: "Open Doors is calling on Christians in the West to pray for Christians in Gaza in the wake of the bombings and ground surge." "

Take note that the ADL is far more outraged about comparisons of Israeli military policy to the Holocaust than it is about expressions of anti-Jewish prejudice.

"Shoebat's claim to have bombed Bank Leumi in Bethlehem is rejected by members of his family who still live in the area, and Bank Leumi says it has no record of such an attack ever taking place. His relatives, members of the Shoebat family, are mystified by the notion of "Walid Shoebat" being an assumed name."

Shocked, Shocked!, I tell you! "He said the Israeli restrictions had led to the collapse of the territory's economy, which in turn caused widespread unemployment and poverty. As a result, some 80% of Gazans now depended on food aid, he added."

"The soldiers expressed great frustration that Hezbollah made use of civilian locations from which to strike, regroup and resupply."

"At least two Israeli fighter pilots have deliberately missed civilian targets in Lebanon as disquiet grows in the military about flawed intelligence, The Observer has learnt."

"An hour after he spoke to AFP, a rocket fired from Lebanon landed in the town of Mghar, just a few kilometres (miles) from the hotel, and killed a 15-year-old Arab Israeli girl."

"A shockingly large number of Israel's supporters seem to have convinced themselves this is true, but there's just no way Hezbollah's sporadic pre-war rocket launches and cross-border raids can be construed as a /mortal/ danger to Israel."

"The United States has no diplomatic relations with the armed groups now fighting a two-front battle with Israel, no relations with one of their backers, Iran, and only limited dialogue with the other principal backer, Syria."