Major Events in Israel and the Middle East
A Daily Analysis
By Marc Schulman
May 31st-What Can Be Done About Gaza
May 30th Peretz to Support Ayalon, Peres Runs for Presidency
May 29th Peretz Tries to Turn Defeat Into Victory
May 28th- Barak Wins First Round of Labor Party Primaries
May 27th- Rockets Continue to Fall- The Economist Examines 40 Years since the Six Day War
May 25-Labor Primary Nears- Olmert Based Costly War Decision on Image
May 24 Israel Pressures Hamas, Iran Ignores UN
May 21- Qassams Claim First Victim, Fighting in Lebanon Worsens
May 20- Israel Responds with Targeting Killings of Members of the Military Wing of Hamas
May 18 Qassams Continue to Fall on Sderot Israel Searches for a Strategy
May 17- Some Resident Evacuated from Sderot, Qassams Land While Olmert Visits
May 15, 2007- Qassams Rain Down on Side
May 14, 2007- Violence In Gaza Gets Worse- An Electoral Campaign Begins in Turkey
May 13, 2007 Violence in Gaza- Israeli Cabinet Decides not to Decide
May 10, 2007 Transcripts of Winograd Commission Released- Assad Talks War and Peace
May 9, 2007, World Bank and State Comptroller Both Criticize Government
May 8, 2007 Barak breaks his silence-calls on Olmert to resign
May 7, 2007 Government Survives No Confidence- Crisis Continues
May 6, 2007 Israel's Ever More Difficult Dilemmas
May 4, 2007 Olmert Tries to Hold On
May 3, 2007- 150,000 Demonstrators Call for Olmert to Resign
May 2, 2007- The Israeli Politcal World is in Turmoil