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...sympathetic public - triggered memories of the domestic political pressure that, over more than a decade, created overwhelming political pressure in Israel to withdraw from Lebanon. The very fact of the soldiers' action may be further evidence that the political pendulum in Israel that swung dramatically from the hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu to the dovish Ehud Barak in 1999, and then back to the hawkish Sharon a year later, has once again reached its apex...
...shadow of Netanyahu...
...abound on both sides, it is unlikely that these leaders will come to power anytime soon. Israel’s hopes lie in the Labor Party, which is currently in disarray and unlikely to win the next election. A more likely successor to Sharon is former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is making a political comeback with the support of Israel’s fanatical settler movement. It is hard to believe that Sharon could be more moderate than anyone, but Netanyahu has forged new ground on the Israeli right. If Netanyahu comes to power—especially...
...Right-wing members of Sharon's cabinet - and Benjamin Netanyahu, his popular challenger for the Likud leadership in the next election - are demanding action to destroy the PA and drive Arafat out of the West Bank and Gaza. Even in Washington, there is mounting skepticism over Arafat's value as a peace partner. The Palestinian leader appears to be drifting desperately, with nothing approximating a strategy and his notoriously autocratic leadership style making it difficult for more clear-sighted aides to effect policy, even as his political authority ebbs more and more visibly. And yet even inside Sharon's cabinet...
...then bomb him immediately. But on the one hand Sharon wants him to act against terror, and on the other hand Sharon doesn't believe Arafat is going to do so. Sharon knows that only American pressure can change Arafat. Sharon, for internal reasons, had to do something. Bibi Netanyahu is breathing down is neck, and the people want revenge. He needs to do something, and the army is doing it. Not even Peres necessarily believes Arafat can deliver, but there's no alternative to Arafat. Without Arafat, it would be even worse. So we're in the same...