Word: ariel
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...reject these conditions, the United States will put you on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, sever diplomatic ties with you, seek to establish a new Palestinian leadership and let Ariel Sharon do what he will in the defense of Israel...
...economic woods yet." And so the burgeoning Middle East war has not only interrupted Bush's war on terrorism, it's threatening to do the same to his economic recovery. And as Bush and Colin Powell, having finally decided to get involved, shout "now" at Ariel Sharon and get only "soon" in return, the White House is facing its other great fear - wading into the world's least solvable conflict only to get embarrassed...
...Ariel Sharon has started moving his troops, but not enough to make it any easier for Colin Powell to navigate his Middle East minefield. And what emerges when the dust settles on Israel's "Operation Defensive Wall" may make prospects for a sustainable truce even more remote...
Neither Yasser Arafat nor Ariel Sharon is a freedom-loving democrat. Both are clearly to blame for the escalation in violence. But the problem is much larger than them. It stems from Israel’s 35-year occupation of Palestinian lands. In 1967, in the third Arab-Israeli war, Israel’s army moved outside the country’s internationally recognized borders into Arab lands. The United Nations promptly told Israel to leave, pronouncing the occupation illegal. The troops still haven’t gone home. But a growing number of them are demanding just that. Perhaps...
Just over a week ago, in a five-minute address to his outraged nation, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel made similar promises to Bush’s—that the Israeli government would not allow terrorism to pass without retribution. One of the initial steps in Israel’s response to the latest spate of nail-studded explosives directed against toddlers, octogenarians, and other innocents has been to surround and hole up Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat in his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah. This move, and the military incursions into other Palestinian cities...