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- With Bush on our side
The National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is worrying for Israel - but it will be even more so in the years following the end of the Bush presidency - Besieged by Winograd
The Israeli government will struggle to maintain effective leadership after yesterday's commission findings. - Iraq: the case for autocracy
Should the US install another strong man in an effort to halt the rapid advance of militant Islam? - IDF heading north, Lebanese army moving south?
Could the IDF, rather than a UN-mandated force, end up escorting the Lebanese army south to the border? - A long war of attrition
Israel underestimated the strength of Hizbullah and its ability to withstand bombardment from the air. - Powerless in Gaza
Hamas's apparent step towards accepting Israel looks like the hurried acquisition of a life insurance policy. - Hamas's blood test
The Palestinian Authority's governing party made its position clear with its reaction to yesterday's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. - Politics in the Hamas era
The raid on a Palestinian jail in Jericho is the first test of wills between Israel and the new order in Palestine.