Israel proposes Gaza buffer I am disappointed but not surprised that once again, Israel is blamed for this. Personally I think they need to take a stronger tact against this. The PA torpedoed any hope for truce or peace a long time ago; if it was every truly possible. But negotiating with murderers is not the way to do things. By LAURIE COPANS Israel's army has developed a plan to create a "buffer zone" inside the edge of the Gaza Strip to halt the latest wave of Palestinian rocket attacks, military officials said Tuesday. Such Israeli action would likely torpedo a six-month truce in the Gaza Strip and could threaten U.S. efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Meanwhile, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Jordan on May 15 to meet with King Abdullah, the prime minister's office said Tuesday. Olmert and the king will meet in the ancient city of Petra on the sidelines of an annual gathering in Jordan of Nobel Prize laureates. In a...