"Mideast forecast: One long, tense summer" (Ha'aretz headline)"In the stormy aftermath of last week's marine debacle, the whole region seems to be losing what remains of its sanity." (And its subtitle)Story here: http://www.haaretz.com/magazine/week-s-end/mess-report-mideast-forecast-one-long-tense-summer-1.295450An opinion summing up in Ha'aretz of the flotilla, Israel, Turkey, and investigation efforts indicates that we will come to know everything there is to know not from any official investigation but from leaks, counter-leaks, and counter-counter...etc., taking place between political and military leaders in Israel.We can forego comments on this one!

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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