Just as Israel lifted the Gaza blockade and allowed 130,000 tons of aid to be sent there monthly, the leader-in-exile of Gaza’s elected government declared a war on Jews. Speaking in Damascus, Mashaal promised to kidnap more Israelis in order to exchange them for Hamas’ list of jailed murderers.

Speaking in Israel, Mullen emphasized his understanding of our worries about the Iranian nuclear program. He said that sanctions won’t stop Iran from acquiring nukes, and all but confirmed the impending strike.

Speaking in Colorado, Mullen said that Israelis recognize how problematic an attack on Iran would be, and implied that such an attack would not be coming.

If a Debka report is to be believed, Mabhouh was not assassinated, but died in the course of a kidnapping attempt. Netanyahu’s government wanted to trade the lynchpin of Hamas’ weapons-smuggling operations for Shalit.

Previously, the government had “only” agreed to trade a thousand terrorists for Shalit, but this means that they would have released for him a person actively involved in current attempts to murder Jews.