* NBC News caught up with Jihad Ja’ara, one of the fugitives exiled after the Church of the Nativity stand-off. Ja’ara denies planning terror attacks from Ireland, but a colleague in an Israeli prison says otherwise.
* A Jakarta Post staff-ed favors warming ties between Israel and Indonesia.
If Indonesia truly wants to play a significant role in the Middle East process to further help the Palestinian cause — which it can do given its geostrategic and political positioning — opening some form of relationship with the state of Israel is a prerequisite.
* The Columbia Journalism Review takes a critical look at the Israeli media’s own coverage of the Gaza disengagement.
* Daniel Kurtzer, now leaving his post as US ambassador to Israel, looks back on his tenure with the NY Times.
