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...last week. He reshaped the political landscape by ditching his right-wing Likud Party--which he helped found in 1973--and forming a new centrist bloc called Kadima (Hebrew for forward). Sharon, who will lead the party into elections in March, said he wants to focus on the Israeli-Palestinian road map for peace, not on "wasting time in political struggles," a swipe at the Likud hawks who have undermined him. His top adviser, Reuven Adler, blamed them, not the Palestinians, for failure to advance the peace process. "The rebels made his work very hard," Adler told TIME. "The setbacks...
...leftist Labor Party leader Amir Peretz in next spring's election. Netanyahu, known as a hawk, told TIME he will campaign as a center-right candidate against the dovish Labor and Kadima, which an aide said Netanyahu plans to paint as "Labor in disguise." Under Sharon, "a de facto Palestinian state has been created in Gaza. Terrorist organizations became stronger," Netanyahu said, adding, "I believe there's a different road to peace...
...Palestinian officials fear that Sharon's move, apparently meant to rejuvenate the peace process, may stall it. Although Palestinians last week celebrated the opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt--the first border post under Palestinian control--a Cabinet minister said he is worried that Israeli jockeying will hinder further progress: "Politicians will now be interested in playing internal Israeli games, rather than working for peace with the Palestinians...
...part of working out the body’s position in the world, we are looking at the ‘other’ as discussed in Edward Said’s work and how that has influenced contemporary art.” Edward Said was an influential Palestinian scholar, famous for his theory of Orientalism and “the Other”—the groups of people misrepresented by those more powerful. With this intellectual foundation—supplemented by texts and discussions—it is not surprising that the students’ work...
...Rice's all-nighter demonstrated the extent of hands-on diplomatic effort required to get the two parties to achieve what she conceded was just one step toward the goal of establishing a Palestinian state that can live in harmony with its Israeli neighbor. Once the drama of its 13th-hour surprise ending fades, the episode may be a sobering reminder of how long and arduous the journey remains-and of how much more may be required of the Bush administration and its successors if progress is to be sustained...