BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

HERE COMES THE BLAME AGAIN... Here comes the rain again Raining in my head like a tragedy Tearing me apart like a new emotion (Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart - The Eurythmics) (Couldn't resist! I just love Annie Lennox (had the pleasure of seeing her live 2 summers ago at Jones Beach - what a voice and what a performance!). Annie, btw, was married to an Israeli until 2000.) However, when I saw this headline for some reason the above popped into my head. All I can say is the ship is sinking fast and the rats are falling over each other racing for the lifeboats, aren't they? Olmert-Livni tensions flare up over Winograd By Yossi Verter and Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent The battle between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni following the release of the Winograd Committee's interim report is reaching a boiling point: Olmert is expected to warn Livni at a meeting between the two on Wedensday that she cannot continue to undermine him and still hold ...

MORE LIBELOUS ARAB BULLPOCKY (GRRRRRRRRRR...... "calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean" - Barbara) United Arab List MK Taleb a-Sanaa on Tuesday called on the international community to boycott Israel, after a large group of yeshiva students moved into a Hebron home formerly owned by a Palestinian who claimed not to have sold them the house. "The Israeli government is self-righteous and is not evacuating illegal settlers, thereby trampling international agreements and rights," A-Sanaa said. "The international community should positively consider boycotting Israel, which is endangering the stability of the region." (Can you say PROJECTION? And does the U.N. need ANY MORE reasons to be idiots?) A-Sanaa blamed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government for the settlers' occupation of the house, which he referred to as "the lawbreaking settlers running wild in the city." Defense Minister Amir Peretz, meanwhile, took a more moderate tack and said ...