The writing is on the wall ? only Israel?s government refuses to read it.

In yet the latest bit of evidence to indicate that Al-Qaeda is setting the stage for possible future attacks against the Jewish state, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas admitted to a London-based Arabic newspaper earlier this week that, "We have signs of an al Qaeda presence in the West Bank and Gaza."

For several months now, Osama Bin-Laden?s network has been busy establishing a base of operations along Israel?s borders, yet Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has failed to take any steps to stem this growing threat.

If we know that Al-Qaeda has a presence in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, then why the heck isn?t Israel going in now to uproot the terrorist infrastructure?

Must we wait, G-d forbid, for a major Al-Qaeda attack in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem before taking action?....

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Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.