Israel flouting road map

A secret Israeli memo penned at the behest of Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, which was leaked to Reuters, admits that Israel has been blatantly ignoring the general outline of the much-vaunted (if nonetheless bankrupt) "roadmap" to peace.

"Our claim that Israel has fulfilled its side of the (peace) road map is seen as lacking credibility because not only have we not evacuated the illegal outposts, we are working in every way to whitewash their existence and build more," the memo says.