David Bedein

The Israeli Knesset Parliament Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee published a report on the New Year about the Summer 2006 Lebanon War, eliciting anger among Israeli reservists who fought in the war and scorn among journalists.

Israeli officials held many discussions about Bhutto's request.

Fear Grows As Relations With Muslims Fall Apart

On a crisp sunny day, Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch Michel Sabah was preparing for the Christmas Eve midnight mass that has been held every year for centuries in the holiest Christian site on earth - the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, identified by Christians around the world as the site of the birthplace of Jesus.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak flew to Egypt yesterday to present incriminating footage of Egyptian security forces helping Hamas smuggle items into the Gaza Strip.

Israeli security forces arrested Sami Salid Rashid Zayud, an Islamic Jihad terrorist who planned the attempted mass terror attack on the Israeli home front in September 2002 has been arrested.

Yesterday morning, the IAF launched an airstrike at Islamic Jihad operatives. The commander of the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, Majad Al-Harazin, was hit while traveling in a vehicle.

Israel has decided to set a higher "price tag" for the continued Kassam rocket fire. For every Israeli house that is damaged, a base or institution that serves Hamas in Gaza will be bombed.

Palestinian terrorists fired eight Kassam rockets and 13 mortar bombs from the Gaza Strip into the Negev on Saturday.