Word: ariel
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...however, criticize the Israeli government, and that was enough to make me a brother of suicide bombers. Never mind that I had praised Israeli human rights groups for their work in Israel and America. Never mind that I limited my criticism to Ariel Sharon and his apartheid policies and not to the Israeli state as a whole. The fact that I would dare criticize Sharon (a man whom many Israelis also consider a war criminal) means that I must be anti-Israel. As Professor Ruth R. Wisse stated in her eloquent, yet twisted and xenophobic Crimson op-ed, Israel...
Even the Israelis could not entirely dismiss the initiative, despite the fact that its terms are unacceptable to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. To the Times, Abdullah spoke of "full withdrawal from all occupied territories...including in Jerusalem." Israel insists on keeping parts of the territories, and Sharon rejects any Israeli pullback in Jerusalem. The Saudis might be more flexible on these points than Abdullah indicated; Saudi officials now say the kingdom would endorse any border compromises acceptable to the Palestinians and Syrians. In any event, Sharon invited Abdullah to explain his ideas in detail. He insisted that before Israel would...
...Crown Prince Abdullah tells the New York Times that he has a speech in his desk drawer promising normalization with Israel if it returns to its 1967 borders. He would love to give the speech, he avers, but he cannot because of the beastly actions of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon...
MIDDLE EAST A Roundabout Route to Peace Violence spiraled further, with a series of devastating air strikes and raids by Israel and shootings and bombings from Palestinians. Dozens died last Friday, the bloodiest day since the intifadeh began. As casualties mounted, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon conceded that cease-fire negotiations would have to take place without the seven-day period of total calm that he had demanded. The U.S. said that envoy Anthony Zinni would return to the region this week for another attempt at brokering peace...
...Ariel Z. Weisbard...