More joyousness: JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to step up the arrest and deportation of pro-Palestinian foreign peace activists and will try to block new ``human shields'' from entering the country, Israeli security sources said Friday. The International Solidarity Movement (ISM), which has posted dozens of foreign activists in West Bank and Gaza Strip combat zones, condemned the move as an attempt to allow Israeli ``atrocities'' against Palestinians to go unchecked. ``These foreigners, for all their good intentions, end up being used as cover for terrorism,'' one Israeli security source said. ``Our forces will now enjoy greater freedom to arrest them, and the Interior Ministry will be instructed to expedite expulsion proceedings.'' ------------------------------------------- 'You know I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office.' -George W. Bush, 1989 'The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy.' - Al Smith 'Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely, or to think sanely, under the influence of a great fear. ' - Bertrand Russell 'Reason and free inquiry are the effectual agents against error. They are the natural enemies of error and error only.' - Thomas Jefferson _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail