Richard Baehr on Israel

2. Shelson Adelson, the owner of the Venetian Hotel and the Palazzo
in Las Vegas, and a few hotels in Macau, chose to support the troops
in his own way this weekend. Barack Obama has multi-billionaire
George Soros in his corner. John McCain has multi-billionaire
Adelson in his. Adelson singlehandedly doubled the size of the
Birthright Israel program with his gifts in the last few years. There
is a similarity between McCain and Adelson, and also between Obama
and Soros. On one side, there is character in spades. On the other,
merely enormous ambition, and greed. You know where to stay when
you go to Las Vegas.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LAS_VEGAS_LEAVE?
SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US




6. Barry Rubin says the Israeli Syrian talks are not serious. Israel
can give away the Golan, but Syria wants other things that Israel can
not provide. Syria has sent its envoy to Teheran to make sure the
Mullahs are not concerned by Assad's talking with the Israelis
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?
cid=1211434102688&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547339,00.html

7. Barry Rubin (again) on the fall of Lebanon. When it comes to the
Middle East, no one writes as frequently and as well as Rubin.
Lebanon has a new President, and it looks like Syria and Hezbollah
have him thinking their way.
http://www.gloriacenter.org/index.asp?pname=submenus/articles/2008/
rubin/5_24.asp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/2029169/
Lebanon-president-praises-Hizbollah%27s-fight-against-Israel.html

8. More on the French Court decision in the Charles Enderlin case and
the faked shooting of a child in Gaza
http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2008/05/25/court-decision-i-would-not-
like-to-be-charles-enderlin/
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=70070b46-
f288-4297-b687-02e45d098c53


11. John Bolton says when it comes to foreign policy, Obama is
breathtakingly naive. Arkansas Professor Bradley Gitz agrees (in the
flyover zone there are people a bit more grounded than most of the
Obama supporters chanting for change and hope).
http://www.israelforum.com/blog_article.php?aid=1468065
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/226856/

12. An Iranian human rights activist thinks Obama has it all wrong on
Iran
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/an-open-letter-to-senator-obama-on-iran/