June 9, 2007

News from Ha'aretz: http://www.haaretz.com/ including an interesting discussion prompted by the 40th anniversary of the 1967 war: 1967 - The war that ended Judaism http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/867362.html From Al Jazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/55ABE840-AC30-41D2-BDC9-06BBE2A36665.htm From TerraDaily: http://www.terradaily.com/ including a discussion on the Russia-US confrontation over missiles: NUKEWARS Putin Missile Threats Seen As Rational By Some As Putin Confronts G8 Critics http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Putin_Missile_Threats_Seen_As_Rational_By_Some_As_Putin_Confronts_G8_Critics_999.html (The administration now says it has offered to talk to Russia about this matter. Apparently such talk was impossible hitherto.) From Al Ahram of Cairo, Egypt: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/index.htm particularly the very good Cairo Review of Books: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/788/books788.htm And the Arts & Letters Daily: http://www.aldaily.com/