The Jewish Press is reporting that prior to the March elections last year, Israeli opposition leader in the Knesset and head of the Zionist Union Isaac Herzog struck a secret deal with a representative of P.A. president Abbas that would have "ended Israel as we know it," according to the J.P. When I read this story, first reported by Channel 10 in Israel, I thought it was a hoax.  But now, the Zionist Union has confirmed that Herzog was ready to give away "all of Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem to a Palestinian State." The negotiations with Abbas were conducted in secret between retired Brigadier General and former MK and Minister Ephraim Sneh and a senior PA official. It should be noted that during the weeks just before the March 17 elections, the polls showed the Zionist Camp edging out Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party, and the plan back then was seen as the shape of things to come in the most realistic way. On the...(Read Full Post)