Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Middle East in Focus

This week, for all the headlines cited below, please join us in proclaiming THIS DECREE:

"I will praise you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of your marvelous works." (Psalm 91:1)

1. Bolton: I'm 'very worried' for Israel - Jerusalem Post


Sanctions and diplomacy have failed and it may be too late for internal opposition to oust the Islamist regime, leaving only military intervention to stop Iran's drive to nuclear weapons, the US's former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

2. Lieberman wants NATO troops in Gaza - Ynet News
Avigdor Lieberman

Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman discussed deploying NATO forces in the Gaza Strip in a meeting with NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo in Brussels.

3. IDF operations in Gaza leave at least 12 dead, 40 wounded - Israel Insider


Israel Defense Force operations in Gaza have left at least 12 Palestinians dead, and wounded around 40 Wednesday.

4. Sources: PM planning to evacuate West Bank outposts in coming months - Ha'aretz

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is planning to initiate the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank in the coming months, political sources in the capital said Wednesday.