Word: negev
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ariel Sharon sat at the pine dining table in the big kitchen of Sycamore Farm, his sprawling cattle ranch in the Negev Desert, early last week. Dressed in casual khakis and a white shirt with sleeves rolled up, the Israeli Prime Minister dug in to a lunch of roast chicken with a friend who came to visit. The violence of the Aqsa intifadeh had interrupted Sharon's brief vacation, and the conversation turned to the wars that had threatened the country's existence, right back to the 1948 battle to establish the state, when Sharon first saw military action. "This...
...reality of Sharon have become the main battleground of the election campaign. Though Barak went further than any other Israeli leader in offering concessions to the Palestinians, it is Sharon whose campaign jingle says he will bring peace. In his television spots, Sharon cuddles a lamb on his Negev farm and lovingly lifts his grandson into his arms as the sun sets over his wheat fields. Says Yossi Beilin, Barak's Justice Minister: "Sharon prefers the image of Grandma, rather than the reality of the wolf...
...peace deal. Arafat would get a Palestinian state, with Israel ceding all of the Gaza Strip and 95% of the West Bank (in exchange for the 5% of the West Bank Israel keeps for its settlements there, the Palestinians would get an extra slice of territory in Israel's Negev). Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat would have to give up his demand that millions of Palestinian exiles have the "right" to return to homes in Israel lost during Mideast wars. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak would have to make concessions as well: Palestine would gain sovereignty over East Jerusalem neighborhoods...
...Shikmim Farm. Ariel Sharon pulls down the brim of his black Australian bush hat--a Jewish Crocodile Dundee. On his thick fingers, he is counting off the names his political enemies hurl at him: "Hard-liner. Extremist. Rightist. War criminal." His 1,500 acres on the edge of the Negev Desert is one of the few private farms in Israel and a refuge from the controversy that has followed him through 55 years in the military and in politics. Sharon, 72, the leader of Israel's right-wing Likud Party, leans his portly frame against a metal...
...Israel, the three of us would giggle and smile together regardless of locale. Whether we were hiking under the intense sun of the Negev Desert or exploring a Tel-Aviv mall, we enjoyed ourselves. We sang incessantly, especially Beatles songs. "Rocky Raccoon" was our favorite; we wrapped the country in that song. At any given time, one of us would break into song and the other two would join in and belt out the notes. We never felt embarrassed...