Word: ariel
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...Within Israel's army, just as on the right-wing of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet, there's a substantial body of opinion that believes the tanks and troops that spent last week deep in Palestinian territory won't halt terrorist attacks against Israelis. Under pressure from the U.S., which wants quiet in the West Bank so it can preserve some degree of cooperation from Muslim states in its Afghanistan campaign, Israel said it would pull out of the towns as soon as Arafat's security forces would agree to fill the void. But the army doesn't believe...
Founded in 1808, the HRO is the oldest continually performing orchestra in the United States. Its alumni group, the Pierian Sodality, oversees the budget and fund raising to avoid letting the orchestra fall through the cracks of hard times. HRO Treasurer Ariel B. E. Shwayder ’03 speculates, “Most of our money comes from ticket sales or donations from people…but I can’t see anything really drastic happening to us, because we have people who take care of us and we know we’re in good hands...
...Bush administration may be bumping into the realization that it can't afford Ariel Sharon. Certainly not now, when Arab support is critical to America's ability to defeat the al Qaeda terrorist network, and Osama bin Laden is casting himself as a champion of Palestinian rights. President Bush urgently needs to restore Israeli-Palestinian political dialogue, but so far there are few positive signs. And Sharon is plainly in no mood to do Washington's bidding...
...Withdrawal will not be easy for the Israelis, because even after the Powell meeting Peres insisted that Israel could not leave before Arafat handed over Zeevi's killers - a point hammered home by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Monday when he flatly rejected the Bush administration's call. But the Palestinian Authority has no intention of handing over the gunmen, claiming that the Oslo Accord requires only that they be arrested and tried under Palestinian law. U.S. statements on the issue have not mentioned Israel's extradition demand...
...friend to Palestinians. He represented the far-right of the Israeli Knesset; he unabashedly suggested “voluntary transfer” of Palestinians out of the West bank and Gaza strip and of Yassir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, to Tunisia. He criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for being too soft on Palestinians after Sharon loosened control over two West Bank villages. In fact, in light of these grievances, Ze’evi resigned from the Israeli Parliament on Monday, a move that was scheduled to take effect Tuesday afternoon. If this extremist position is quite...