Word: ariel
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...ARIEL WOLF...
...their 20s and 30s, these men are representative of a generation of Jewish extremists who have taken up residence in the occupied territories and have come to see the government of Ariel Sharon as a threat to their way of life. Angrily dismissive of Sharon's plan to withdraw them from their homes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, they say they will resist with force. Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service believes that several dozen young settlers consider themselves bound by religious duty to protect the land of Israel, even if it means fighting against the state...
...monitoring the health reports out of Ramallah more avidly than Arafat's old foe Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. For perhaps the final time, the two lions of the Middle East conflict find their destinies entwined. Sharon has promised that if Arafat is able to return, Israel won't block him. But just as a potentially seismic shake-up of the Palestinian leadership was developing, there were deep rumblings on the Israeli side as well. Sharon won approval last week in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, for a bill scheduling the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from Gaza to begin next...
...gleefully esoteric that it can’t be taken at face value and so opaque that it doesn’t make a statement. A decent parallel is early Beck: obscure, illogical, culturally hyper-aware, teetering on the verge of kitsch. It’s a pity Ariel Pink doesn’t have Beck’s talent, or this album might have been a lo-fi classic instead of a half-fleshed out concept. The Doldrums is troglodytic music: the detritus of decades pushed underground and reformed into something unsettling and unfit for the light...
...concerned about the land between the Jordan and the Mediterranean should realize that Bush has not furthered the cause of peaceful co-existence. Furthermore, the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) would ensure that any elephant or donkey in office would pledge and act out of allegiance to Ariel Sharon’s version of Israeli democracy...