Mideast peace talks jeopardized at starting gate

Reuters via Heritage:  "Netanyahu and his defense chief, Ehud Barak, have said Israel will retaliate for the shootings. The likely target may be a Hamas militant leader or an installation, building, or tunnels used to smuggle in weapons from Egypt, all in the Gaza Strip. The question is how big a strike could be ordered.
"There is always the possibility of the violence spiraling out of control if Gaza militants respond with potentially lethal rocket fire at southern Israeli towns, setting in motion yet another deadly cycle of violence. Hamas says it has tried to stop rocket attacks by other Palestinian militant groups."
Perhaps Hamas will build a mosque on this spot. AP Photo

This is how Arabs respond to Israeli 'confidence building measures' "However this latest terrorist attack does serve as a confidence building measure by the Arabs--most Israelis now have perfect confidence that most of the Arabs cannot make peace, do not want peace, no matter what the mediators and self righteous lecturers, who do not have to live with the horrific aftermath, say."

No Happy-Ending Waiting for Zionist Regime  " "The current crucial and sensitive regional and international conditions indicate that the Great Satan (the US) and the occupying Zionist regime are increasingly fearful that the countdown to the annihilation and end of the ominous life of the blood-sucking and criminal regime is imminent," the statement said. " The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement on Tuesday.   But they mean that in a nice way.

Children terror victims celebrate Bar-Bat Mitzvahs with Israeli president  "President Shimon Peres celebrated Bar and Bat Mitzvahs Monday with 70 victims of terror who he said symbolize hope for the Jewish people. The youth were wounded in terrorist attacks or lost relatives who were killed in suicide bombings and other attacks" Shawarma Mayor

Cartoons from the Arab World "A selection of cartoons from the media of seven Arab countries (Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Syria and Egypt) and from the Palestinian Authority is displayed below. A number of these countries are regarded as moderate or allied to the West. Most print media in the Arab world are under the full or partial control of the ruling regimes.

"One picture can sometimes be deadlier than a thousand words."   Tom Gross is a journalist and international affairs commentator, specializing in the Middle East. He was formerly Middle East correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph of London and for the New York Daily News.