Epstein Secrets

n Israel the threat is especially acute. And the concern comes not only from its most persistent critics. The former Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert have both warned of a descent into apartheid, xenophobia, and isolation. The political corrosion begins, of course, with the occupation of the Pal

rce of the rising pressure on them. "Our society is completely different from what it was at the turn of the 20th century," Putin wrote in an op-ed The Post published last month. "People are becoming more affluent, educated and demanding. The results of our efforts are new demands on the government and

chil- dren — when Gaza is run by Hamas terrorists dedicated to permanent war with Israel and when Mahmoud Abbas, having turned down every one of Ehud Olmert's peace offers, brazenly declares that he is in a waiting mode — waiting for Hanky; to be- come moderate and for Isaacl to cave — before hell do

simply because Medoff shares our reli- gious customs. In Febru- ary, Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, wrote in The Post that the Madoff story prompted "an outpouring of anti-Semitic comments on mainstream and extremist Web sites." His statement leads me to * beli

vote on the cease-fire resolution. The final vote was 24-0, with one abstention and plenty of heated debate, media reports said. Prime Minister Ehud Olniert, whose handling of the war has come under increasing criticism for its shifting objectives and per- ceived indecision, character- ized the resolut

taff Sgt. David Karnes and Sgt. Jason Thomas. "It's excellent, at the high end of studio ex- pectations." "WTC- producer Michael Sham- berg told The Post. "Pirates of the Carib- bean: Dead Man's Chest" slipped to sixth place. with $72 million. but still remained on top in year-to-date totals, h