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

outrageous that when the clock is ticking . . . you come here and say what you say." Also last year, a number of leading Democrats, including Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Steny Hoyer, felt compelled to speak out in response to Mr. Obama's proposal for Israel to return to its indefensible pre-1967 borders. R

number of leading Democrats, including Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Steny Hoyer, felt compelled to speak ou

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

ere who would carry out such attacks," Home Secretary John Reid said. "The threat of a terrorist attack in the U.K. is still very substantial." Reid made his state- ments as Britain lowered its security threat level to severe, from critical, where it had been set Thursday after British authori

ersion of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, “Mr. Nyet,” a man who will be bypassed by history. Here is what Netanyahu’s immediate predecessor, Ehud Olmert, said in a widely reported speech to the Israeli Knesset in 2008: “We must give up Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and return to the core of the terr

nd return to the core of the territory that is the State of Israel prior to 1967, with minor corrections dictated by the reality created since then.” Olmert, a man with a reputation as a hard-liner, said that meant Israel would keep about 6 percent of the West Bank — the major settlements — and give up la

hich Congressional Democrats led by Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, distanced themsel

ublicans on Tuesday during Mr. Netanyahu’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress and from the speed with which Congressional Democrats led by Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, distanced themselves from Mr. Obama on Israel. ‘Are there questions in the American-Jewish community? I think the ans