By MOHAMMAD BEN HUSSEIN; The Media Line AMMAN - Jordan is facing a severe drought this year, the likes of which it has not witnessed in decades. The government is scrambling to find means of coping by reducing supplies to households and spearheading a nationwide campaign to encourage rationing.

By DONALD MACINTYRE JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT Why are we talking about this now? Because Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has seemingly put Syria at the top of his foreign policy agenda.

By Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Jun. 4--At the moment of its rebirth Israel had to defend itself against invasion on all fronts. Neighboring states refused to accept the country's presence. Arabs resisted Israel diplomatically and fomented the terrorism that has persisted until this very day.

By BILL STEWART Stewart: Little has changed in 40 years June 6 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Six Day war. This was the war in which Israeli armed forces won an amazing and historic victory in six days over the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan.

Text of report by Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on 15