Word: ariel
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Everyone expects the inauguration of Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon, one of the most controversial Israeli politicians and generals, to bring changes to the region. Sharon has a history of stealing the spotlight in the Middle East, sometimes at gunpoint, and it would be hard to imagine the right-wing firebrand keeping a low profile...
...Tuesday, Feb. 6, Israel held elections for its 12th prime minister, a man who will play the lead role in developing and implementing Israeli foreign policy. The election results revealed that Ariel Sharon, who won by a 20 percent margin over incumbent Ehud Barak, will be the new face of Israel...
...Winners ARIEL SHARON Looks like a sure thing. Israeli Likud leader builds up a 20% lead in race to be P.M. JOHN ASHCROFT Top cop. With slim win in U.S. Senate, Mr. Controversy becomes Attorney General SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS The next soap hunk? Mexican rebel leader does TV gig and sees his popularity soar...
...Ariel Sharon, a military general and seasoned political veteran whom many had written off in Israeli politics because of his advancing age and checkered past, will soon be prime minister of Israel. Last Tuesday's election sported the largest margin of victory, albeit with the lowest turnout, of any election in Israel's history. Indeed, it seems that the Israeli public, weary of rioting Palestinians and rejected offers of peace, has given the signal to put a hold on a peace process that seemed just a few months ago to be closer than ever to settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
...major concerns - avoiding a flare up of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the wake of Ariel Sharon's election, and rallying support for a revised U.S. position on sanctions against Iraq. His message to governments of the region will "Don?t prejudge Sharon. Judge him by his actions rather than by his past." He's going to emphasize that there's a new administration in Israel and in the U.S., and that everyone should proceed with caution and do what they can to keep the level of violence down...