Peace Now Briefs Israeli Government On Outposts: The Israeli Peace Now movement testified before an Israeli ministerial committee on illegal settlement outposts, chaired by Justice Minister Haim Ramon. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Culture, Science and Sport Minister Ophir Pines-Paz, Tourism Minister Yitzhak Herzog, and Public Security Minister Avi Dichter...
Reluctant To Realign: The annual in-depth survey of Israeli Jewish opinion from the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies found that Israelis may be willing for another unilateral move, even a big one, but they ain't necessarily happy about it.
The Prisoners' Game: A new survey of Palestinian public opinion from Birzeit University found that 77% of Palestinians support the "Prisoners' Document," versus 19% who oppose it.
Line Drive Single: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received a bit of a shock from U.S. officials during diplomatic talks in Jerusalem. They told him that even after the prime minister's visit to Washington, the chances that the U.S. would recognize the lines to which Israel would withdraw, after realignment, as permanent borders, are close to zero.
