Report From Israel

The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb just returned from a trip there and has posted some observations that are quite enlightening and must reading on the palestinian problems and looming Iran.

Israeli politics are not polarized, they're paralyzed. We spoke with members of both the governing party, Kadima, and the opposition Likud. They all agree that disengagement has been a failure, in Lebanon, in Gaza, and to a lesser extent in the West Bank, yet no one has any real idea about how the country can move forward. The Palestinian Authority is incapable of delivering security, though surprisingly many of the politicians we spoke with think Abbas would if he could.