Right you are. McGrath,etc;   Which brings us right back to the other query---and how do the Arab nations feel about that---or, as asked, is it only Israel tht needs to comply?

British history in this area is not what one can call completely neutral given some of the PM there starting with (or including) Bevan. Balfour made some sense and you see how that was "welcomed".

As to the neighboring states---just today Ahmadijinidad (who the hell can spell it but another fellow of his ilk) said, at an international conference, that Israel will be wiped off the face of the map---whether or not Iran does it is not important. He has not been invived to social events by the very people he is speaking about. Strange.   

Yes, peace is just around the corner because Pres. Bush says it is---just like in Iraq.   As long as we have people of such good will as the Iranian Pres. ( was not going to spell that one again), Dubya, and his fabrications, and all the other ill willed people in that area it will be an elusive thing and not not one that Israel can be blamed for.

True--very true--Israel has its faults as do we. Is Israel announcing its intention of wiping other nations off the face of the earth or acting for self defense?

I am sure some of the---well, certain ones---members of this forum will give truly honest and objective commentary. And that honest and true answer will be promulgated by the very obejective writers we have here---I think of one in particular. For those that might get my drift---that is saarcasm

Bill Hahn