Myth

Well, the Iranian President just keeps plodding along.

Now, we are told,

the Nazi Holocaust a "myth" used as a pretext for carving out a Jewish state in the heart of the Muslim world

But he goes further:

Today, they have created a myth in the name of Holocaust and consider it to be above God, religion and the prophets," Ahmadinejad told thousands of people in Zahedan. "If you committed this big crime, then why should the oppressed Palestinian nation pay the price?"

This is our proposal: If you committed the crime, then give a part of your own land in Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to them so that the Jews can establish their country," he said.

And all we get are the blitherings of upset diplomats. No action. Hey, after all, we're only Jews.

And with Sharon now running for elections, we'll have no salvation from that corner due to his inability to act, even if he wanted to - which I seriously doubt. It'll spoil the image he's been creating of himself as the peace-maker.

Here's the quotation that has Israel spinning:

What kind of accommodation remains unclear. Kalman Gayer, another political strategist, is perhaps alone among Sharon's advisers willing to disclose details. The picture he paints is strikingly similar to the proposal Israel's dovish Labor government made at Camp David five years ago, an offer Sharon denounced at the time as "dangerous." In theory, Gayer says, Sharon would accept a Palestinian state in Gaza and 90 percent of the West Bank, and a compromise on Jerusalem, in exchange for peace. But the Israeli leader does not believe Palestinians will be able to deliver peace or make other compromises—like forgoing the right of refugees to return to their old homes in Israel—in his lifetime (Sharon is 78). In the meantime, Sharon wants to "lay the contours of an agreement with the Palestinians," according to Gayer, by creating a Palestinian state in half the West Bank and implementing confidence-building measures.