A call to jihad. "Iran orders Muslims to defend Palestinians," by Dudi Cohen for Ynet News, December 28 (thanks to Michael, who comments: "North Americans should take special notice of this religious edict encouraging violent Jihad in support of the Palestinian terror forces. A 'Fatwa' is universal and can be interpreted as justifying acts of terrorism against the United States and Canada. With thousands of radical Islamists residing on the continent our security services should be on high alert in anticipation of operations carried out by Jihadists on our soil.")

December 27, 2008
By Ira Mehlman
FAIR.org 

Even as the illegal alien advocacy lobby is frantically trying to spin the election of Barack Obama as a mandate for a sweeping amnesty, they have all but conceded that the economic crisis and worsening unemployment have probably doomed their efforts. They've set their sights on the more modest goals of achieving amnesty for segments of the illegal alien population and using those to leverage further concessions down the road.

Dec. 26, 2008
by Yoram Ettinger, Makor Rishon
The ties with the US constitute Israel's backbone militarily, diplomatically, financially, commercially and technologically.  These ties are not shaped exclusively by the President, even when the President's own party enjoys overwhelming majorities in both chambers of Congress. Much is shaped by the House and the Senate, sometimes in defiance of the White House.