I'm about as much of an Israel hawk as anybody on this forum, and I hope they put these @**holes away forever. It's a good thing that they caught them before they could bomb anyone, not just for the lives saved, but for the sake of Israel. The adminstaration and the public have finally come around to accepting the truth that peace in the middle-east cannot be acheived by creating a new terror-state in the heart of Israel. Had these people succeded in bombing a Mosque and a US CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE(!), that support would have vanished. These people were a far greater threat to Israel than any Arab terrorist. Thank you for dumping those thugs overboard and not trying to equivocate or make any excuses, or accuse anyone of entrapment or a vast anti-Israeli conspiracy. I don't think any more ink or effort needs to be wasted on their behalf. Nobody, but nobody, is going to get away with attacking a US Congressman, I don't care who they are or how lousy the congressman is. I don't think, however, that most Americans have quite given up the idea of a Palestinian state...not yet, anyway.
But I bet Arafat is shi**ing bricks right now--this is a new move on Israel's part, and I think even his European apologists aren't going to help him out. The Israelis haven't quite backed away from the peace talks yet, either, just Arafat.
As another staunch defender of Israel, I think Rubin and company should get a fair trial and, if convicted, spend many, many, years--to the end of his life--making big rocks into gravel. If they'd actually killed anyone, I would want them hanged from a freeway overpass with a sign saying "I'M A TERRORISTIC MURDEROUS SCUMBAG!"