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...deliver on their promises. Arafat has the mystical arrogance of the survivor, so often has he cheated death at the hands of his enemies and political destruction at the hands of his friends. Rabin's confidence is that of a proven warrior committed to peace -- a ''carnivorous dove,'' as Ariel Sharon put it. Rabin told aides privately that he was prepared to step ahead even if most Israelis were not ready. ''For a peace agreement,'' he told them, ''the people will support us.'' But not all the people. Both men are dangerously flanked by extremists. Muslim fundamentalists and other militant...
...Sharon's Gaza Gambit Your verbatim item quoted a statement by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Ariel Sharon's leadership [Sept. 12]: "Sharon gave and gave and gave some more, and the Palestinians got more and more and more. And what did we get in return? The answer is: nothing, nothing and nothing." I don't agree. The world saw Prime Minister Sharon make a very painful decision for the long-term well-being of his people that demonstrated shrewd strategic thinking. Akira Yamanaka Kanagawa, Japan...
...expense of the environment. A nation that abandons its poorest, weakest citizens to the vagaries of a glorified free market shouldn't call itself civilized. Betsy Rim Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Sharon's Gaza Gambit Your verbatim item quoted a statement by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Ariel Sharon's leadership [Sept. 12]: " Sharon gave and gave and gave some more, and the Palestinians got more and more and more. And what did we get in return? The answer is: nothing, nothing and nothing." I don't agree. The world saw Prime Minister Sharon make a very painful decision...
...Benjamin Netanyahu's challenge to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for Likud party leadership fail in Sunday's vote on moving forward the party's primaries...
...Israel's response was predictable. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon doesn't want to be drawn back into Gaza so soon after his withdrawal. But he promised many times that any trouble across the fence would meet with a stern response. It wasn't hard for Israel to carry out its "targeted killings" of senior militants over the weekend. After all, the military wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which have spent years under cover, haven taken to the streets of Gaza since the Israelis left, making inviting targets...