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...Noted "He said he is a big fan of Israel." ARIEL SHARON, Israeli Prime Minister, describing Michael Jackson's admiration after meeting the pop star (and Uri Geller) in New York...
...Ariel Sharon's attack on Palestinian Authority targets this week different from those authorized last year by Ehud Barak...
...interests in the region as a whole, with an emphasis on stability. In other words, the Bush team has less interest in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than in ensuring it doesn't escalate to the point of threatening regional stability. In the short term, that works for Ariel Sharon - and against Yasser Arafat - by removing U.S. pressure to seek a long-term political solution. But it may not always be that way, particularly if the pressure begins to grow on Arab regimes for more forceful expressions of solidarity with the Palestinians. And the domestic political situation in Egypt, Saudi...
...With long-term Israeli-Palestinian political negotiations in the deep freeze, the region appears to be settling back into the relative stability of a low-intensity conflict. Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon hopes to put a lid on Palestinian resistance by selectively striking at activists, while holding out the carrot of easing Israel's collective punishment of blockades and curfews. But he is caught between mounting pressure from his right-wing base to strike back and concern that a heavy-handed response may leave Israel even more isolated internationally. The latest retaliation may well have been targeted at Palestinian militants...
...Dawish saw his world become a little darker when Ariel Sharon, the architect of that 1982 invasion, returned to power as Israel's new Prime Minister. "Where are we to go?" he asks. "Into...