Trying to focus the Israeli election on socio-economic issues rather than security, Labor Party leader Amir Peretz is failing to convince Israeli voters that he’s prime minister material.
Plans to accelerate the immigration of the remaining Falash Mura community from Ethiopia to Israel have apparently been delayed by bureaucratic snags as funds for the Ethiopians’ absorption await approval.
With the Palestinian territories descending into lawlessness and chaos, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appears paralyzed, unwilling or unable to prevent terrorist groups and armed gangs from taking over the streets.