Autor: Peter Berkowitz

The capture of British Navy servicemen by Iranian forces is not simply an incident over sea sovereignty in the Persian Gulf. It is a calculated move on behalf of Teheran's Jihadi chess players to provoke a 'projected' counter move by London and its American allies. It is all happening in a regional context, carefully engineered by the Mullahs strategic planners. Here is how...

Sharon certainly agreed about Arafat, and amplified the point in his Herzliya address: 'The most genuine and greatest opportunity for building a new and different relationship with the Palestinians was created following the death of Yasser Arafat, who constituted the primary obstacle to peace'.

In israeli politics, contentiousness is the norm and consensus is rare.