Not quite a round up, but...

Here's a news digest, which should give a good idea of what's happening here in Israel. I'm opening it with this cartoon , which is actually about what's happening in Washington DC. It's a good one and the only cartoon I subscribe to. For the full articles, just click...
Hamas smuggled $66m. in 8 months and they're not denying it!

Can you really make "peace" with people like this?

It has already been noted by terror analysts that much of world terror was started by the Palestinian terrorists, and then copied by other terrorists in their own countries for their own purposes. Whereas the world views this with contempt, the PLO’s Fatah faction acknowledges this and even takes pride in it.

The Secretary of Fatah in Gaza, Ahmed Hales Abu Maher, expressed pride on Palestinian TV that the Fatah "gives daily examples" that the world has "imitated," from the participation of children in combat to the widespread use of suicide terror, all of which started with the Fatah-PLO.

Click here for the latest poll:

Peace Index: November 2006
Prof. Ephraim Yaar and Prof. Tamar Hermann

Expectations that the present ceasefire will lead to calm in the region are
very low, apparently because of the prevailing view in the Israeli-Jewish
public that the Palestinians will most likely violate the truce. It is
commonly believed that Israel agreed to the ceasefire-even though its real
implication is negotiating with Hamas-because the military measures that
were taken did not stop the Qassam fire.

Even though there's no money to compensate Gush Katif deportees and help them start new businesses...

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Director-General Ra'anan Dinur today
(Tuesday), 5.12.06, announced that the PMO had decided to advance the
establishment of a private equity fund, in cooperation with the private
sector and under its management, that would invest an overall sum of NIS 160
over seven-to-ten years in industrial enterprises, companies and other
businesses in the minorities sector. At a Jewish-Arab Center for Economic
Development conference in Herzliya today, Dinur said that he intended to act
towards, "one economy in one country," in order to, "realize the great
economic and human potential that exists in the Arab sector but which has
yet to be utilized."

And if you need further proof of the government's treatment of loyal citizens...
The Israel Policy Center filed an administrative petition at the Tel Aviv District Court yesterday against the Israel Defense Forces, demanding access to data regarding the number of teens not conscripted into the army because of their participation in anti-disengagement protests or the disturbances at the illegal outpost of Amona.