Tel Aviv, Israel - I would advise the new members of Congress to change the philosophy of the Bush administration. Instead of finger pointing and pointless ideological arguments about the "Axis of Evil," they should start negotiating and engage North Korea and Iran. Try to strike deals with them. Yes, these are bad regimes. They have hostile, unpredictable agendas. Yes, they deserve to be punished. But, on the other hand: What is the alternative? The spread of nuclear weapons? Turning our planet into a much less safe place?

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Tel Aviv, Israel - The Israeli colonizing movement in the occupied West Bank is practically thievery, wrapped in false "security" arguments. The report published this week, by the Israeli left wing organization "Peace Now" provides the statistical and legal infrastructure and the basic database for what we -- journalists, human rights organizations, liberal minded Israelis, and every Israeli with a grain of moral and ethical values -- have known for many years.

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