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DANIEL KURTZER Former U.S. ambassador to Israel: Ariel Sharon was writing the last and most important chapter of his legacy when he was struck down. My conversations with Sharon last September, as I departed my ambassadorial post in Israel, convinced me that the historic disengagement from Gaza was not his...
MICHAEL OREN Senior fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and author of Six Days of War: He will leave two legacies, perhaps of equal importance: a military legacy of conventional audacity and innovative anti-terrorism, and a diplomatic legacy of flexibility and openness toward Palestinians. But absent Palestinian reciprocity...
(3 of 3) demographic time bomb and that to preserve Israel as Jewish and democratic, Israel could not remain in control of all the West Bank and Gaza. So he did what was previously unthinkable: he withdrew unilaterally from Gaza and dismantled the settlements there. Only someone who had built...
Compiled by Coco Masters and Nadia Mustafa. For other reflections on Ariel Sharon's life, politics and legacy, visit time.com
In Israel, a meaningful peace for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires that leaders be willing to be bold. The few successes in the peace process have come about only when politicians resolve to make the difficult compromises that lasting agreements require. When Ariel Sharon was elected Israeli Prime Minister five...