David Bedein

At a time when a Palestinian Arab sovereign state is so widely discussed, very few have taken the time to consider the consequences of establishing such an entity. Here are questions that every citizen can bring to the attention of the U.S. government, which conceptualizes the idea, and to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which seems ready to swallow such an idea.

Israel's former chief of staff, Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe Yaalon: "It is obvious to everyone that Hamas is interested in a Palestinian state from the sea to the Jordan River, and according to its beliefs there is no justification for a Jewish state in the region. The war of civilizations between the West and Islam is World War III. If the West wants to live, it has no alternative but conflict with the Iranian regime."

--Diplomat Yossi Amrani, the former Israeli consul in San Francisco, has been given the task of formulating, within several weeks, an official working paper of the Israeli government which will give a detailed outline of Israel's immediate surrender of land to the PLO. Among other things, Amrani will deal with the question of how Israel should sell the plan to AIPAC and to the U.S. administration--Mashaal-Abu Mazen Meeting Ends In Failure--Citizens Concerned Hamas Is Digging Under Kibbutz

--"The alliance between Syria and Iran dates back more than two decades, and was explicitly reaffirmed by the two ruling regimes as recently as January 2005," Ammar Abdul Hamid, director of the Tharwa Foundation and a leading Syrian dissident, said. "Indeed, the two are now joined at the hip."--Russia Announces Delivery To Iran--U.S. Deems Iran Major Funder Of Hamas, PFLP--Iran, Qatar Agree On Joint Management

"Over the course of the war soldiers were held back for weeks when they were ready to charge. When they were finally dispatched, they were given unachievable missions in impossible time constraints. Soldiers were sent on daytime missions that should have been carried out only under the cover of darkness. Some died as a result."

"Today more than any other day, we must hold fast to our Palestinian principles, and we will not accept a state with temporary borders," said Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, adding, "We will not give up one grain of [land] in Jerusalem." Referring to Palestinian refugees, Abbas said, "We send our greetings to our brothers in Jordan, in Syria, in Lebanon," adding, "our hearts and our hands are open to all Palestinians."