Olmert-supported Shaul Mofaz now trails Tzipi Livni in Kadima polls by only 2%, though it is possible that Mofaz campaigners skewed the poll results. One should be crazy to vote for Kadima, and Mofaz is as bad as it gets, but at least Tzipi is way worse.

who lived in Hebron under Fatah jurisdiction. The 25-year-old Arab made an explosive belt which caused 41 casualties in Dimona in February.

and 4 tons of explosives into Gaza during the ceasefire, according to Shin-Bet briefing at the Cabinet meeting.

The Supreme Court rejected petition by the Reform Movement’s Religious Action Center to refuse government funding to religious schools under the pretext that they ignore the government’s program, notably the vehemently anti-religious civics classes. For the last 150 years, the Reform Movement aggressively undermines traditional Judaism. The court rejected the petition on technical grounds, as the Knesset just have passed a bill which caps yeshiva financing at 60% the atheist school level. The court saw no problem with gross inequality where atheist pupils receive twice the religious ones’ funding.

It’s a pity to see the Hamas leader recovered.

The court awarded $8,000 compensation to an 81-year-old women who 7 years ago jumped into an empty pool at the cruise ship.