With forced encouragement from the US, Israel removed some security barriers and security checkpoints as a "confidence building measure" prior to yet another round of "peace talks" with the Arabs under the auspices of the US. These barriers and checkpoints, condemned by the usual spectrum of Israel haters as racist and militaristic, provided Israel with a high degree of safety as they made it more difficult--but not impossible--for the surrounding Arabs to carry out acts of terror. And now, a few days before the beginning of still yet another round of "peace" talks between Israel's democratically elected Binyamin Netanyahu and the Arabs' Mahmoud Abbas, who has a precarious hold on the presidency of some of the Arabs who want a separate Palestinian state, another horrific slaughter of Israeli Jews by Arabs who want to eliminate Israel took place. Four killed as terrorists open fire near Kiryat Arba; victims, from Beit Hagai, shot while driving,...(Read Full Post)