Uri Avnery: No one in Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and Syria wants war. So where does the daily talk about war come from? If nobody wants it, why is there so much talk about it? Why do the media, in Israel and throughout the world, report "tension on the Northern border of Israel?"

But an American and/or Israeli adventure would be a disaster. Bombs can devastate a country, but not a people like the Iranians.

Why did Pope Benedict utter these words? And why now? There is no escape from viewing them against the background of the new Crusade of Bush & his evangelist supporters, with his slogans of "Islamofascism" & the "War on Terrorism".

George Bush in St. Petersburg, with his loyal servant Tony Blair leaning over him, and solving the problem.

The main result of these elections is that the hold of the nationalistic-religious bloc, which has dominated Israel for more than a generation, has been broken

What is it about Kadima that gives it such a fantastic lead?

If Ariel Sharon had not been in a deep coma, he would have jumped out of his bed for joy. The Hamas victory fulfils his most ardent hopes.

Most of the doctors interviewed by Haaretz testified that the symptoms point towards poisoning, and, in fact, are incompatible with any other cause.

The General Security Service (Shabak, a.k.a. Shin Bet) has been warning for a long time that the "disengagement" from Gaza could lead to an outbreak of Jewish terrorism, aiming at preventing the evacuation of the settlements.