Zvi Bar'el

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu organizing a conference of 'Syrian friendly nations' in order to better coordinate action against beleaguered President Assad.

Syrian rebels are pinning their hopes on the countries most populated cities to join the rebellion. But one day after twin bombings killing 28 people in Aleppo, life is slowly getting back to normal.

Opposition figures claim government stockpiling chemical weapons and distributing gas masks to soldiers near Homs; 130 people reportedly killed on Thursday as government intensifies crackdown.

Assad's strategy of bombing cities, indiscriminate massacres, population expulsions and gaining territory mirrors that of his greatest foreign supporter's war against Chechnya.

How can we compare an American veto on an issue as just and moral as an occupation to a veto that helps an oppressive regime massacre its citizens?

When it comes to the minds of young people who are members of the foreign, secular minority, the settlers also want to be the only ones in control.

The State of Israel's highest court - the institution that obligates every citizen - has transformed itself into a plaything in the settlers' hands.

Revolutions are the Arabs' business, not ours. In Israel any change in understanding beginning in the Middle East is simply a reason to redefine the threat - one more opportunity that must be missed.