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...Perhaps there will be a better chance for peace for Israel after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has left politics [Jan. 16]. 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

...rest of the Arab world will never want peace of any kind. They will always want to knock off Israel. William Blakeslee San Diego Perhaps there will be a better chance for peace for Israel after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has left 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Warrior's Legacy | 2/4/2006 | See Source »

...scheme to install in power the leader of the Lebanese Phalangist militia, a Christian group friendly to Israel, was a debacle. After Phalangist forces massacred as many as 800 men, women and children at the Palestinian refugee camps Sabra and Shatila, an Israeli inquiry concluded that Sharon bore "indirect" responsibility, forcing him to resign as Defense Minister. Sharon sued TIME for $50 million for a 1983 cover story that said a secret appendix to the Israeli report stated, in effect, that he had encouraged the massacre. In 1985 a federal jury in New York City concluded that TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lonely Warrior | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

...percent requirement, according to an announcement by HGCI. The wind power that Harvard will purchase as a reward will offset 6.5 million pounds of greenhouse gases, equivalent to removing almost 500 cars from the road for a year, according to a press release from the organization. Emig emphasized the indirect benefits of educating a university about conservation—in addition to the immediate impact that it has on the environment. “When one university hears about another investing in green power, it creates competition,” Emig said. “There...

Author: By Alexander C. Shell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Pledges To Conserve Energy | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

...they work to combat terrorism. At issue is his consistent claim that his foreign crimes were committed at least implicitly under the direction and authority of the CIA. In two trials, the government introduced a statement, signed by a senior CIA official, denying that Wilson had any "direct" or "indirect" contact with the agency at the time of his alleged criminal activity, which occurred after he left the CIA in 1971 and formed a private consulting company. But that was untrue, as Wilson aims to prove with government documents that are now attached to his lawsuit and were referred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rogue's Revenge | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

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