After a week of foot-dragging, the attorney general did the right thing and handed over the lead tole in the Sde Teiman leak investigation ■ It's possible to understand why Naftali Bennett refused to speak at the rally marking the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, but not to accept it - or the plans he has already formulated for his government

So before they preach to New York residents, ministers and Knesset members would be wise to deal with what's being done in their own jurisdiction. The authorities must treat racist assaults on bus drivers the way they do terror attacks

In a letter to the Israeli prime minister, more than 100 Democratic members of Congress expressed 'grave concern that any further actions by settlers, vigilantes or the government to destroy the village of Umm Al-Kheir will traumatize this peaceful community and jeopardize the prospect of long-term peace'

According to the British newspaper's report, the operation aimed at the woman who accused Karim Khan of sexual misconduct sought to establish links between the her and Israel, but 'no such evidence was found'

It appears that Defense Minister Yisrael Katz plans to use the Military Advocate General affair to strip the Israeli army's justice system of its independence ■ Attempts to meddle in appointment within the IDF may even reach the office of the army chief himself