David Bedein

--In 2006, the threats to security and stability in the Middle East grew more severe because of the stalemate on the Palestinian matter and Iran's progress toward obtaining a nuclear military option--Israel Reaches $4.4 Billion In Defense Exports--The Lab That Will Identify An Iranian Bomb Detonation--Russia Supplies 'Sam Missile' Deliveries

As President Gerald Ford is laid to rest, veteran diplomats, pundits and politicians in Israel recalled a vitally important letter from the late US leader to the state of Israel. The letter, written on Sept. 1, 1975, followed six months of American pressure on Israel to sign an interim peace agreement with Egypt, with whom Israel was still in a state of war. Here is the full text of the letter from President Gerald Ford to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Hundreds of residents of el-Khader, south of Bethlehem, declared three days of mourning. The villagers gathered near the entrance to the village, hung pictures of Saddam, raised placards condemning the American occupation in Iraq, and sang the Iraqi national anthem.

--The presumed reason for the increase in the incidence of the disease is the feelings of tension and stress that the children experienced in the war, which caused an outbreak of the disease--Hymn Instead Of Siren To Announce Sabbath--Mossad: Syria Arming Hezbollah Rapidly

--U.S. Questions Saudi Nuclear Program--Attacks On U.S. Troops In Iraq Increase Sharply--U.S. Uses Jordan As Iraq Logistics Base

The Bulletin asked the senator about Syrian support of Hezbollah's aim to wipe out the state of Israel. Specter said that he raised concern about Syria's supply of arms to Hezbollah, but that President Assad had denied such support. He added that, when he returns to Washington, he would ask American intelligence sources to confirm if, indeed, Syria continues to supply Hezbollah with weapons.

--Israel's policy of holding its fire under such a protracted and massive attack is problematic, not only because of considerations of honor or because of the real danger to the lives of the inhabitants of the western Negev. What is grave is that this is a precedent that grinds away the remnants of deterrence that the IDF still had in the eyes of the Arab world and that was critically damaged in the fiasco of the Lebanon War.-- Missile Falls On?Strategic Compound In Ashkelon--A Policy Of Humiliation?--Key Member Of Israeli Knesset Against Egyptian Foreign Minister--A Muslim Assistant Commander In The Israel Police