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...politics. How can anyone forget Sharon's "indirect" responsibility for the killing of Palestinian civilians in Lebanon's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in 1982? Those who believe that Sharon's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza was a peace initiative need to think again. Yes, he was pragmatic and confronted extremist Jewish settlers; however, he did not demonstrate enough of the goodwill needed to win over the Palestinians. Saleh A. Mubarak Seffner, Florida, U.S. The Making of a Scandal Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was not "The Man Who Bought Washington," as your headline said [Jan. 16]. No one can raise enough...
...presented voters with an extremely difficult choice. By many accounts, the widespread corruption and inefficiency of Fatah had the Palestinian people clamoring for competent government. Fatah’s primary opposition, Hamas, had demonstrated its effectiveness with internal social programs, but this domestic competency was accompanied by a disturbingly extremist attitude toward Israel. Faced with this choice, Palestinian voters opted for Hamas. Although it is doubtful that all voters support Hamas’ terrorism—rather, many were probably looking for an alternative to the stagnation and alleged corruption of Fatah—the so-called...
That political dynamic has left the nominee's longtime friends and colleagues scratching their heads; the Alito they are reading about bears little resemblance to the conservative yet cautious man they know. "He's careful, he's methodical, he's no maverick or extremist," says Susan L. Sullivan, a legal consultant in San Francisco and self-described liberal Democrat who clerked for Alito in 1990 and '91. Sullivan thinks opponents are "cherry-picking decisions." But that is standard procedure for any confirmation fight. And Lawrence Lustberg, a New Jersey defense lawyer who has known Alito for decades and likes...
...Bolivia's Morales in coming to terms with the country's Indian population; and from Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, he will learn to confront the International Monetary Fund. For their part, his rivals and their friends-including the Catholic Church-are preparing to paint him as an extremist. Expect a raucous campaign. -By Dolly Mascarenas/Mexico City...
...called Western World and the Islamic World.” But others at Harvard have questioned the source of the money. “Although an Islamic Studies Program would be a wonderful addition to the University, the funding for it should not come from a source of extremist hate,” Amy M. Zelcer ’07, president of Harvard Students for Israel, wrote in an e-mail. She cited a 2002 CBS Marketwatch article that said the Saudi Prince donated $27 million and 100 four wheel drive vehicles to families of Palestinian suicide bombers...