Sabbath protest

Watch BBC cover the ultra-orthodox protest against the Sabbath carpark. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8146313.stm Israeli soldiers and police, they're of course secular Jews who don't observe the Sabbath, clear them off the streets.

Yesterday the newspapers reported the French Foreign Minister saying the US is giving Israel 6 months to stop all settlement building. Today Israel denies such a thing. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443778534&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Two times previosuly a similar thing occurred (US giving Israel green light to attack iran; Bush admin. agreed to settlement building) - US says one thing, israel denies knowing it, US restates it. Looks like Israel is losing the media war. Usually when Israel denies, the US tries to avoid an embaressment so backs down and follows Israel's way. But the Obama admin. is standing firm - and now it's Israel that's being embarassed in the media. Old tricks are not working.