By Amos Harel and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies 
The Israel Defense Forces moved to counter Jewish extremist activity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, declaring the entire area a closed military zone and banning entry to all Israelis who do not live in Gaza.
Large numbers of police, Border Police and soldiers Thursday stormed the Maoz Yam hotel in the settlement of Neveh Dekalim. Hotel residents had gathered in the dining room and handcuffed themselves to each other. No casualties were reported among the activists or security forces and four extreme right-wingers were arrested. The entire operation was completed within 40 minutes.
After the order was issued sealing the Strip, IDF commanders in Gaza were flooded with telephone calls from area settlers thanking the army for removing the right-wing extremists from the hotel.

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By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published June 26, 2005
WASHINGTON -- China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon officials.      
    U.S. defense and intelligence officials say all the signs point in one troubling direction: Beijing then will be forced to go to war with the United States, which has vowed to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack.

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Posted: June 28, 2005
5:18 p.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
Tehran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program that, if not halted immediately by the supporting of key reformists, will leave Israel with no choice but to carry out a pre-emptive strike against Iran, WND columnist and "Atomic Iran" author Jerome Corsi testified today before Israel's Knesset.
"Israel might need to launch a pre-emptive attack against Iran, even if the international military and diplomatic reprisals that follow might bring immense pressure upon Israel itself," Corsi said in a keynote address to the Knesset's prestigious Forum on the Middle East.

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After watching the ID card bill debate last night, it is now clear that the Government is not just ‘reacting to the international demand for biometric passports’, but creating that demand. Its Passport Agency is developing the supporting technology, and is lobbying worldwide for its adoption.
Therefore, the British Government obviously think it is acceptable to invade privacy, and take authoritarian control of individuals’ existence using technology. This is justified by ‘if you have not done anything wrong; you have nothing to worry about’.
The message is that society is going to be micro-managed using this technology to keep everyone on the ‘straight and narrow’. Nobody will be able to do ‘wrong’, even minor misdemeanours, due to the Government’s surveillance.

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JAMES KIRKUP
MICROCHIPS carrying sensitive personal information that can be scanned by sensors from a distance could be included in the proposed national identity cards, it emerged yesterday.
While the government's legislation cleared its first hurdle last night, there could be trouble ahead as the ID card could use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.
RFID involves a tiny microchip being embedded in an object. The chip contains data that can be read by scanners from a distance, typically a few dozen feet.
The technology was pioneered by retailers to keep track of stock - many everyday products sold in big supermarkets carry RFID chips that are tracked and scanned by store computers.

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