Iran is a threat not just to Israel

Israel's foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, indirectly responded to the main supposition in the Baker-Hamilton report which made a connection between the situation in Iraq and the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Tzipi spoke in the Saban Forum in Washington DC and stated that the problems in the Middle East today do not stem from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The situation today, Livni claimed, changes the way factions are made in the Middle East. Israel today stands side by side with moderate Arab nations and the conflict is with Islamic radicalism. Iran is not a threat just to Israel, Tzipi said, no moderate wants to see Iran or Hezbollah or Hamas, succeed. This is the constant Israeli position of emphasizing the threat of a nuclear Iran to all the region and the world and not just for Israel.

Tzipi was the keynote speaker in the forum which was established by Israeli billionaire, Haim Saban.

Solitary confinement for Benny Sela

Benny Sela, the serial rapist who escaped two weeks ago and was captured today will return to jail shortly and his conditions will worsen.

Sela will be held in solitary confinement and will be allowed only 1 hour daily exercise period in the jail yard and even that by himself.

His phone privileges and visiting periods will also be curtailed.

Sela was exhibited by his police captures on the local news editions in what many Israeli feel is a disrespectful and exhibitionist disregard for his human rights