Word: meridor
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...Israel’s success, however, does not come without a new and growing risk: preemptive action on a much larger scale. Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor of Israel has claimed “the clock is ticking” on negotiating with Iran about its nuclear program. According to Meridor, the United States and its Western allies have the chance to position Iran to stop its atomic projects, provided they apply the proper political and economic influence...
...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...
Netanyahu's image remains problematic. He concedes that during his tenure as Prime Minister he mishandled personal relations with adversaries and allies alike. His respected Finance Minister, Dan Meridor, said Netanyahu was untrustworthy; he tried to appoint a low-level legal crony as attorney general; and even before his election he had to admit to marital infidelities, after rumors circulated that a rival had a video of him in flagrante. Many Israelis say he thinks like an American--he studied in Boston and spends much time in the U.S. In 1999 he was implicated in a bribery scandal, though charges...
...idea of separation has grown popular across Israel's political spectrum, supported by politicians on both the traditional left and right. They include the Center Party's Dan Meridor, Likud's Michael Eitan and Labor's Haim Ramon...