Oh Bother!

Blogger has been experiencing technical problems for most of today and much of yesterday.  Normal service has only just been restored, but as of the time of writing this two posts I made yesterday, removed by Blogger along with other bloggers' posts during the same time period, have not been restored.  [Update: both are now]

Anyway, during this "outage" I found the following trenchant article that I heartily recommend.

It's by the legendary Elder of Ziyon (who's also been forced to cool his heels today, along with mere apprentice elders like yours truly) - about the dire consequences that are likely to follow EU recognition of a Palestinian State in September:
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/05/12/why-are-european-leaders-instigating-all-out-war-in-the-middle-east/

And there's a piece from Andrew Bolt, a stalwart pro-Israel columnist in Australia, rebuking the Australian Government for its largesse to the PA despite the Fatah-Hamas Accord (hat tip: Rita and Shirlee):
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/cuttring_pensions_here_raising_them_for_palestinians#82711