Why we must stand with Israel
Par Marcus Gee
Communiqués from the Group of Eight are not known for their piercing analyses of world events. Somehow, though, this year's G8 leaders managed to state a central truth about the latest Middle East conflict. It results, they said, "from efforts by extremist forces to destabilize the region and to frustrate the aspirations of the Palestinian, Israeli and Lebanese people for democracy and peace." The extremist forces ...