David Bedein

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

--A year from now the threat will be significantly greater than today, because Hamas is using the current lull to build up its forces. Brig. Gen. Sami Turjeman, director of the Operations Department at the Israeli Army General Staff, warned: "In a few months' time we will be faced in the Gaza Strip with a military capability which we have not known up till now.--Jordan And The Palestinians

"Several weeks after the ( Israeli vs. Hezbollah) war, the U.S. supplies stopped," a source said. "There was no real explanation." Israeli and U.S. sources said the State Department has blocked the transfer of weapons and technology to the Jewish state over the last three months. The sources said the halt reflected deteriorating relations between the two countries since the end of the war in Lebanon in August 2006.