The neighborly way ~

Following the Arab League statement they would be willing to accept minor territorial compromise as part of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal stated that his organizations goal remains the same;  "liberation of the Palestinian territories," which Hamas views as encompassing the entirety of the State of Israel.

Jordan's parliament has voted unanimously to eject Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo for the arrest of a Jerusalem mufti.

Jordanian Interior Minister Hussein Mahalia summoned Ambassador Nevo to express his country's severe condemnation of the mufti's detention who was arrested for his role in inciting violence against Israeli police stationed at the holy site.

"I swear that if we had a nuke, we'd have used it this very morning," said Jibril Rajoub, Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee and Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Olympic Committee.

Rajoub explained that the Palestinian Authority only continues to play this "negotiating game" with Israel because it currently lacks the military strength to defeat the Jewish state.