Word: ariels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...marked contrast, Israel's Commission of Inquiry did not shrink from concluding that the massacre was the work of right-wing Lebanese Phalangist militiamen. It found a number of Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Menachem Begin, negligent and recommended that Defense Minister Ariel Sharon resign...
...largest element in the victorious Likud bloc. Ehrlich took the credit, then the blame, for the government's "economic revolution," which led to Israel's chronic triple-digit inflation. He resigned the finance portfolio in 1979 and became Deputy Prime Minister, joining Begin in opposing hard-lining Ariel Sharon and helping to hold together a Cabinet divided over last year's invasion of Lebanon...
...occupation reached 500. Protesters continued a seven-week vigil outside the residence of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The opposition Labor Party called for an official inquiry into the Begin government's handling of the war. It was joined, ironically, by former Defense Minister (and now Minister Without Portfolio) Ariel Sharon, who is said to have told the Cabinet, "I'm not prepared to wear the mark of Cain or have people wave 'murderer' placards at me. I'm not prepared to take all the blame." The Knesset voted against setting up another commission of inquiry...
...voted no: Ne'eman and Ariel Sharon, the former defense chief who now serves in the largely powerless post of Minister Without Portfolio...
...particularly resents the claim being made with increasing frequency in Israel, notably by former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, that the Palestinians already have a state in Jordan. Implicit, though never stated, in that argument is the idea that King Hussein should turn power over to the Palestinians, who represent some 65% of the kingdom's population. Says a Jordanian politician close to the palace: "If we do not force the Israelis to negotiate about the West Bank now, they will force us to negotiate over the East Bank later." Hussein also fears that unless broader peace talks are initiated...