Moshe Arens

The time has come to reexamine the paradigm of 'two states for two peoples' - Israel, and a Palestinian State in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.

A straight line connects Arafat's corrupt rule and his support for acts of terror against Israel's civilian population to the Hamas takeover in Gaza. Just connect the dots.

Hamas now deters Israel from going after its fighters in Gaza, despite the daily rocketing of Sderot. A sovereign country cannot permit this kind of imbalance to maintain without suffering severe damage.

The battle must be taken into enemy territory, with the army taking over a strip of five to eight kilometers in the northern Gaza Strip. It is the only way to protect the population of Sderot and the western Negev.

The government's failures during the Second Lebanon War should rightfully lead to new elections.

Israel is now facing the risk of masses of ballistic missiles targeting its cities from Lebanon and Syria, and the threat of Iran's continuing nuclear armament. After the painful experience of the Second Lebanon War, we cannot trust the present leadership to prepare adequately for these dangers. It is time for a change at the top.

The neglect of Israeli governments and the absence of a clear policy has left this small band of zealots in Hebron with the task of assuring access to the Cave of the Patriarchs, one of the holiest sites in Judaism.

The leaders of the Labor movement, led by David Ben-Gurion, decided on cooperation with the British authorities toward the end of 1944 in an attempt to crush the underground movement that was fighting the British.

As some of Israel's Jewish citizens see it, the tense relations between the State of Israel and some of its Arab citizens cannot be resolved until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved.

Almost six months have passed since the appointment by the Olmert government of the Winograd Committee, and the nation is awaiting its verdict with bated breath.

Waves of nostalgia seemed to sweep over Israel for Menachem Begin and his leadership, on the 15th anniversary of his death, last week.

The Israeli Arab drafters of the "future vision" and Avigdor Lieberman would be greatly chagrined to be viewed side by side, but the contrasting proposals offered by both do have a common denominator.

Has our leadership learned anything from this fiasco? Regrettably, it seems that they not only did not listen then, but that they have also not learned anything from their past failure.

The latest public opinion polls indicate a drastic drop in public support for Kadima, the party that had received the most votes in the last election and is running the present coalition government. Considering Kadima's miserable record since assuming power, this should come as no surprise.

What should Israel's position be regarding the Golan Heights and the 20,000 Israelis living there, and what obligations, if any, does Israel have to her American ally on this matter?

Four months have gone by since the finale of the second Lebanon war: a salvo of 250 Hezbollah rockets against northern Israel on the last day, signaling victory by a few thousand Hezbollah fighters against the Israel Defense Forces.

Israelis' opinions sway like a pendulum back and forth. Take for example the public's take on what it requires to become defense minister.

Our government addresses the inhabitants of Sderot with infantile slogans like "there is no bang, it's over," or "there is no magic solution." In other words, you better get used to it.

Fifteen months after the uprooting of Gush Katif, the northern Gaza Strip settlements, and settlements in northern Samaria, it seems that most people prefer not to talk about, and not even to think about, this traumatic event.

Until the prime minister and defense minister leave their posts, it's unlikely there will be a serious shake-up in the IDF.

What will be the result of two seemingly irrational players confronting each other in an atomic life-and-death duel?

Like a boxer who has received a hard right uppercut to the chin and groggily reaches for something to hang on to, Ehud Olmert, after the Lebanon fiasco, is reaching for someone to hang on to, and whom does he find? Avigdor Lieberman.

The National Security Council can be of no use to a prime minister who is too arrogant to seek its assistance.