Apartheid?

Wow so is this for real - Angela Merkel actually telling Israel to stop settlement construction in occupied territories? Now that's really breaking ranks with all post-war german chancellors who support Israel 110%. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443703546&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

And the israeli housing minister is advocatng apartheid bigtime - right in the face of Merkel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1097411.html

Meanwhile fires are breaking throughout Israel - including near Jerusalem. Hope it doesn't come too close or we'll be choking in smoke. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443694664&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

And more rioting as Druze and Circassian Israelis protest their 2nd class citizenship - they're not arabs and serve in the Israeli army. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443696080&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull