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...Staff writer Dan R. Rasmussen can be reached at drasmuss@fas.harvard.edu...
...Kadima has filled a vacuum," said Dan Meridor, a prominent former member of the conservative Likud Party who is now drifting toward the new party. "We had two beautiful visions of the future--one from the left and one from the right--and both collapsed." The left-wing Labor Party's vision, of negotiating a two-state settlement with the Palestinians, was rendered irrelevant by the failure of successive 1990s peace negotiations. Meanwhile, the vision of the old Likudniks--of a Greater Israel, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River--has been rendered just as untenable by the rapid...
There is another, more personal challenge facing Olmert. He and Netanyahu, along with Dan Meridor and Benjamin Begin, were once called the four princes of Likud--and of them, Olmert was regarded as the least likely to succeed, a smart inside operator but a politician, not a statesman. He will have to perform in the spotlight now, and inside players tend to wilt when shoved onto center stage. Netanyahu has become Israel's Richard Nixon--his negatives are stratospheric, but he is a tough competitor, a plausible Prime Minister. Olmert will have another opponent as well: the memory of Ariel...
...weeks before. Sharon was driven 56 miles south to his family home, Sycamore Ranch, in the western Negev desert. Friends who talked to him reported that he was in low spirits. At about 9 p.m. he spoke by phone with Israel's Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz. They discussed how to respond to Palestinians' firing of Qassam rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip...
...last seven events.The Crimson took the top three spots in three different events and the top four spots in one to grab decisive points from Navy (9-1, 2-1 EISL). Cocks led the first sweep, recording a victory in the 200 butterfly in 2:07.76, followed by freshman Dan Jones and junior Jason Degnan-Rojeski.“We were very strong in both butterflies,” said co-captain Dave Cromwell, who won two relays and one individual victory. “We placed one through four in the 100 butterfly, which is a pretty rare occurrence...