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...time and muscle is on Israel's side, and that the only way forward for the Jewish state is to tough it out, for decades if need be, in the belief that the resolve of its enemies will ultimately weaken. But the more dovish Labor party leaders such as Knesset speaker Avram Burg believe Sharon's strategic vision is the more dangerous to Israel's long-term prospects...
...measure of the fractiousness of contemporary Israeli politics that Sharon's combination of the three largest parties plus a supporting cast of right- and center-right groups still represents only 70 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. Yet Sharon's government looks more stable than any the Jewish state has seen in a decade - and that in itself may be a measure of the sense of national crisis that has seized the country following last year's collapse of the peace process and the onset of the renewed intifada uprising by Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Despite...
...Matt Rees: This is just another point on an extended Barak timeline. On February 6, right at the end of a rather long-winded concession speech, Barak said, more or less: "By the way, I intend to resign from the Labor party and the Knesset and take a break from political life." But by the end of that week, he was conducting unity government talks with Sharon. As a result of those talks, Barak was to be defense minister and Peres was to become foreign minister...
...wasn't what Barak's advisers thought he should do, but the political brawl that has begun behind the scenes in Labor suggests he might be smart to let his rivals duke it out. Knesset speaker Avraham Burg, a former Peace Now activist, is the front runner to take over. But old campaigner Shimon Peres is fighting for the job and has already signaled that he's in favor of a national-unity government. At least four others have declared they will try for the job. By week's end, Barak was still controlling coalition negotiations with Sharon and being...
Even if Sharon finds enough allies in the Knesset, his biggest battle will be trying to keep those allies together. In a sense, that's what put Sharon where he is. Back in December, Sharon faced a potential challenge from former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. If Netanyahu had decided to run, it was clear he would have won the party's backing. In his office in Jerusalem, Netanyahu told a supporter he wouldn't run for Prime Minister unless there were also parliamentary elections. Netanyahu figured that elections would swing the Knesset to the right and give him a better...