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HERZLIYA, Israel - Just a few months ago, I was writing upbeat editorials about the U.S.-championed "road map" for Middle East peace. Now that Hamas and Israel are fighting an all-out war, I feel embarrassed to reread them. On Tuesday, suicide bombers struck twice -- once in Jerusalem, once in Tel Aviv. Even in this out-of-the-way suburb where I'm attending a conference hosted by the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, people are on edge, worried that Hamas might try something apocalyptic. Like many Western observers, I'd let myself become overly encouraged by the pragmatism of Mahmoud Abbas, whose short-lived tenure...

On July 4, Sunni Muslim terrorists attacked Shiites performing prayers in a Quetta, Pakistan mosque. About 60 people were killed -- roughly triple the number of civilians who died in last year's Jenin "massacre." The next day, two female suicide bombers dispatched by Chechen Islamists activated their "Martyr's belts" at the gates to a Moscow rock concert, killing 14. Two days after that, a terrorist apparently connected to Palestinian Islamic Jihad blew himself up in an Israeli home, murdering a 65-year-old woman. Four days; three countries; three attacks in the name of Allah; more than 70 dead. The attack in...

Earlier this month, the National Post editorial board invited readers to e-mail us their complaints about bias at the CBC. In coming months, we'll highlight some on these pages. Taxpayers subsidize our national broadcaster to the tune of $850-million every year. Too often, that money goes to subsidize anti-U.S., anti-Israeli propaganda. Often, the slant creeps in subtly -- a refusal to call Palestinian terrorists "terrorists," for instance. (In CBC-speak, they are all "militants.") But sometimes, the bias hits you squarely in the face. On CBC Radio's The Current, there have been a few appalling instances of late -- such as...