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...hitting ex-radio journalist who is now one of Labor's rising stars: "A strong motive was clinging to power and the good life. Some Labor people believe their genetic code cannot survive outside the government." Labor's younger cadres squawked "like slaughtered chickens," according to Haaretz columnist Yossi Sarid. In the end, though, Barak got his mandate to join Netanyahu, with 680 delegate votes to 507. (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...
...Israeli military muzzled media coverage of the war. Most correspondents were barred from entering Gaza, and viewers of Israeli TV news were, for the most part, shown only the aerial ballet of fighter planes streaking through pillars of smoke rising from the bombs they had dropped. Yossi Sarid, a Ha'aretz columnist and former Meretz politician, says, "People only saw the sterile version of the war. I think they'll be shocked when they see the images coming out of Gaza once the reporters are allowed inside...
...Kadima won more seats in parliament than any other party, cementing Olmert's claim as Prime Minister--and capping a run of political fortune that has left counterparts numb with disbelief and possibly jealousy. "Winning the lottery is easier to contemplate than Ehud ever becoming Prime Minister," says Yossi Sarid, formerly of the left-wing Meretz Party, who has known Olmert for 30 years. "But being lucky is very important. And to be Prime Minister of Israel, you need a little luck...
...elected to the Knesset in 1973 as the youngest Likud member. Olmert launched crusades against corruption in professional soccer and, later, against organized crime. Israelis credit Olmert's generation with bringing transparency to the clubby, Old World atmosphere of Israeli politics. "We changed the rules of play," says Sarid...
Still, with his political survival at stake, Sharon has shown flashes of the combativeness that propelled him to past political victories. At a closed meeting of the Knesset foreign-affairs and defense committee last week, Sharon brushed off an opposition politician, Yossi Sarid, who grilled him about whether he could function as Prime Minister while he was under investigation for corruption...