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...days of Soviet rule, fear was prevalent. People who spoke up against Kremlin authoritarianism knew what to expect: harassment, isolation, imprisonment and worse. Most people dared to grumble only in the relative safety of their own kitchens, but a hardy few - advocates of freedom such as Andrei Sakharov and Natan Sharansky - made their dissent public...
...Israelis have abandoned faith in peace negotiations with the Palestinians in favor of unilateral moves. But withdrawing from the West Bank, which is home to 230,000 settlers, may prove more wrenching than it was in Gaza. "Sharon never meant to go as far as Olmert is proposing," says Natan Sharansky, a former Cabinet member who left Sharon's government to protest the Gaza pullout. "But this is Olmert's unique chance to prove his leadership...
...NATAN SHARANSKY Former Likud Minister and author of The Case for Democracy: I have always believed that real progress in the peace process will come from democratic reforms in Palestinian society. That was the reason for my criticism of Sharon's policy over the past two years. I believed that Sharon's unilateral moves would take us nowhere as long as they were not accompanied by some real democratic reforms on the other side. The question of whether the Palestinians can establish democracy will have a greater bearing on the peace process than will the end of Sharon's political...
...Freedom and Fear In TIME's interview with former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky [June 6], he criticized Amnesty International for lacking "moral clarity" and not differentiating between human-rights abuses committed by dictatorial "fear societies" and those carried out by democratic "free societies." Sharansky implied that the latter are more tolerable, but the distinction is meaningless to the victims. When asked about Israel's abuses of Palestinians' human rights, Sharansky accused Amnesty International of ignoring violations by terrorist organizations. Well, two wrongs don't make a right. Raymond Totah Fallbrook, California...
...call snap elections. Nevertheless, there are two possible outcomes. Either Schröder will be re-elected, or he will discover, like King Canute, that even he cannot turn back an incoming tide. Joshua Selig Dorset, England Of Freedom and Fear In Time's interview with former soviet dissident Natan Sharansky [June 6], he criticized Amnesty International for lacking "moral clarity" and not differentiating between human-rights abuses committed by dictatorial "fear societies" and those carried out by democratic "free societies." Sharansky implied that the latter are more tolerable, but the distinction is meaningless to the victims. When asked about...