Word: avigdor
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...deep freeze by the crises in Lebanon and Gaza. Questions have arisen about the propriety of a real estate deal he made years ago. And he's generating further controversy by seeking to bolster his shaky ruling coalition through courting a far-right political faction leader, Avigdor Lieberman, who has called for the forced relocation of Israeli-Arabs into the Palestinian Territories...
...this will hold true in next Tuesday's elections, in which the front-running, self-described centrist Kadima party, headed by acting prime minister Ehud Olmert, is expected to garner less than 40 seats. Kadima will need partners, and increasingly, it looks like one of those may well be Avigdor Lieberman, a gravel-voiced settler, originally from Moldovia, whose views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are described by critics as "racist" and "fascist...
...Holocaust survivor, I learned that there are three sources that can provide endurance and strength. They are love of G-d, love of a woman and love of freedom. Anatoli Shcharansky [WORLD, Feb. 24] has all three. Rabbi Isaac C. Avigdor West Hartford, Conn...
...often looks to his wife for assistance, but he remains as feisty as ever. He hasn't lost his enthusiasm for painting, and is happy to talk about Picasso ("He was good until about 1905, then he squandered his talent") or contemporary artists he admires (Balthus, Sam Szafran, Avigdor Arikha). But turn to the subject of photography, and the man who defined "the decisive moment" - the instant when an image should be captured - professes his famous indifference. Truth be told, Cartier-Bresson has returned to his trademark Leica cameras for a couple of assignments - his 1994 portrait of France...
...Some people had seen a positive sign in the resignations from the cabinet of Zeevi and another right-winger, Avigdor Lieberman - they believed that would give Peres and other more dovish elements greater sway over Sharon. But the assassination of Zeevi may change everything. This may be a defining moment in the intifada. What Israel chooses to do in response to the assassination is both going to set the tone for the immediate future of Israeli-Palestinian relations, and will potentially also have a big impact on the so-called anti-terror coalition being built by the Bush administration...