Thursday that the opening of the Rafah crossing will be very problematic for Israel, but added that Egypt did not break any agreements with Israel. (Israel Radio) Israeli authorities opened Gaza's sole remaining commercial crossing terminal on Wednesday, for the limited import of building materials designate

events like a regional conflagration, widespread acts of terrorism and sky-high oil prices. "A war is no picnic," Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israel Radio in November. But if Israel feels itself forced into action, the retaliation would be bearable, he said. "There will not be 100,000 dead or 10,000 d

eek, will not be allowed to enter the territory by sea. If necessary the ships will be towed into Ashdod Port and the equipment on board impounded. (Israel Radio) Organizers and participants of the second 'Freedom Flotilla' announced in Athens yesterday said that they plan to set sail for Gaza in the next fe

rael are trying to downplay the war of words. "The main thing is not to get confused, not to get into a tailspin," Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israel Radio last week. "Turkey is not about to become an enemy of Israel, and we have no cause to waste invective and energy over this." The trouble is that Er

ke Hezbollah. If Iran gets a weapon, other countries in the region may want one, too. But while Israel's defense minster, Ehud Barak, suggested on Israel Radio Thursday that Iran had made significant progress toward acquiring weapons capability — citing what he said was a new American intelligence report —