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Contrast that with the so-called civil disobedience of which Ariel Z. Weisbard ’02-’03 writes in “Why Janitors Are Willing To Go To Jail” (Opinion, Feb 25). These janitors are not complaining of not having basic rights and freedoms; they are not protesting the injustice of being denied the right to vote or assemble or control their own fate. These janitors are protesting that their union’s negotiating team was not able to get them an additional $3 an hour pay raise in the midst...
...would-be invaders is how to deter Saddam from launching any biological, chemical or radiological weapons he may have mounted on Scud missiles. "If Saddam feels it's the end, the constraints that acted on him last time wouldn't this time," says an Israeli diplomat. Israeli leader Ariel Sharon expressed this fear to Bush during his visit to Washington earlier this month...
...checkpoint near Ramallah. In response, Israel Defense Forces sent tanks into Gaza City, blew up the Voice of Palestine radio and TV station and for the first time fired on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound, where he has been under virtual house arrest since December. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addressed Israelis on TV, promising to set up buffer zones between the communities. He pledged to continue his efforts to "prevent a slide into total war." Talks can continue once there's a cease-fire, he said. As he spoke, Israeli helicopter gunships continued the offensive, firing on Palestinian...
...Ariel Z. Weisbard ’02-’03 is co-chair of the Progressive Jewish Alliance and a member of the Progressive Student Labor Movement...
...Bush administration, the Saudi proposal represents an opportunity to break out of a diplomatic straitjacket. Over the past three months, Washington's focus has been almost exclusively on pressuring Yasser Arafat to act against terrorism. But the Bush team's efforts - like Israel PM Ariel Sharon's - have failed to stop a dramatic escalation of violence of late. And that's causing consternation among the Arab allies Washington wants to recruit for a war to topple Saddam Hussein. Other parties mediating the conflict, including Israeli peacemakers such as foreign minister Shimon Peres, have long emphasized that progress depends on linking...