Politically, it will be helpful to Israel to say to the world, here we are, we have taken a concrete step here, and now it is time for the Palestinians to step forward as well. They are looking at this as a source of goodwill.

Some of the people will be coming to Israel for the first time. They will be caught up in a whirlwind of activities and experiences that will be so completely different from their lives back home - yet which they can later take home. It then becomes the job of individual communities to keep up the level of excitement and generate activism and donations.

The world must see that Israel can stand on its own.

Israel in the World

I am sure that he will score many goals for Newcastle and England at the World Cup. He knew that he was not going to play much and he had to leave. His transfer will be good for him. Newcastle are a great club, a sleeping giant who are going to wake up.

What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.