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...strategy for bringing peace to his people and the Middle East. The plan to pull Israeli settlements out of Gaza is all about tactics and is not a genuine peace initiative. The people of Israel would have been better off without Sharon as their leader. Aya Ben-Sedef Kochav Yair, Israel...
...shipping container where one of their number lives, the young men pass the wine and play with the red-laser sight of a Glock pistol. Yehoshafat lights another cheap cigarette, combing his long, square beard with dirty fingers and pulling his big, knitted yarmulke down to his eyes. Yair eats a slice of barbecued lamb with his hands. Elisha points through the silent darkness to the lights of nearby Israeli settlements and tells the story of King David's meeting with his wife Avigail in the valley below. The hilltop, settled by a few youngsters in defiance of the Israeli...
...operations carried out for Israel's special forces, Egoz and Shimshon, units with names that inspire admiration among almost all Israelis. Israel's politics--not they--have moved away from the ideals they fought for, the men argue. "We're not interested in protesting Sharon's plan," says Yair. "We're going to sabotage...
...panel also included Yair Hirschfeld, one of the two Israeli originators of the Oslo Peace Process, and Ambassador Dennis Ross, who served as special Middle East coordinator under presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton and is now a lecturer...
...Kalashnikov rifles that many Palestinian gunmen carry is 500 yds. Where there are Israeli homes that are close to Palestinian houses or farmland, concrete walls will block lines of fire, or else the fences will be constructed deeper inside the West Bank. One such spot is in Kokhav Yair, an Israeli town just next to the Green Line. Only yards from the seam line is the leafy home of Israel's army chief of staff, Lieut. General Shaul Mofaz. Instead of putting the fence right outside Mofaz's home, planners shifted the line 500 yds. That will force Palestinians from...