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  • From the JTA main page, rules of the Sabbath: thou shalt not drive, have sex, or read Harry Potter. Oh, they also headline news from the Frenchies: Hamas definitely possibly could-be-a-chance that they are linked to Al-Qaeda. [Jewish Telegraph Agency]
  • Abbas calling for early Palestinian Authority elections. [The Jerusalem Post] The truth is, he's hooked on the CBS show "How I Met Your Mother" and doesn't want to miss next season's opening episode. His favorite is band camp girl.
  • Some disturbing news from the Israeli State Controller:

The 600-page report submitted to the Knesset Speaker Wednesday, July 18, finds PM Ehud Olmert, ex-defense minister Amir Peretz, former chief of staff Dan Halutz and homeland security chief Yitzhak Gershon guilty of abandoning to their fate the population of northern Israel. He notes especially that the handicapped, sick, poor and those unable to flee the bombed towns and villages were left without food or medicines in the 34 days of the Hizballah rocket blitz against northern Israel. [DebkaFile]

  • Pakistani troops and militants clash again along the Afghan border. [BBC]
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