In Israel's interest? Not necessarily. (Beyond The Beltway).

MORE THAN 15,000 Israelis lined up on a single day to get new government-issue gas masks, the daily newspaper Ha'aretz reported Sept. 18. On the same page: Israel's Defense Ministry was seeking an advance on next year's budget to speed gas-mask production, inoculation of hospital staffers for small-pox was about to begin and Interior Minister Eli Yishai was preparing a special budget request to boost firefighters' readiness to deal with a large-scale attack--a necessity, he said, given the tension with Iraq.

No one doubts that Israel will face serious risks the moment that ...

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