Former prime minister Ehud Barak sent a jolt through the political system when on Monday he told a television interviewer: "The Sharon family is corrupt to its very foundations, and in any other normal country, Sharon would have no longer been in power." The remark was made just after Barak had participated in a meeting... [ Read entire Post ]
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February 2005 Archives
February 24, 2005 at 9:07 AM
And justice for some
February 21, 2005 at 12:26 AM
Can America be trusted?
Did the US-led invasion of Iraq restore American deterrence in the Middle East after it had been tattered by the precipitous withdrawal of American forces from Lebanon in 1983 and Somalia in 1993? It is an open question. On the one hand, the actions of Lebanese opposition leaders and parties since the assassination of former... [ Read entire Post ]
February 18, 2005 at 12:16 AM
The incitement of ideas
Last Friday night, the TV stations were in a frenzy over the right-wing incitement against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza and northern Samaria and to expel all Jews living in these areas from their homes and communities. Channel 2 devoted fully a third of its hour-long news broadcast to the issue... [ Read entire Post ]
February 15, 2005 at 12:10 AM
Legitimizing Abbas
The government's decision to release 500 terrorists from prison raises a number of profound concerns about the direction the newfound friendship between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas – the democratically elected legitimate leader of the reformed, democratic and anti-terrorist Palestinian Authority – is taking. Abbas is well regarded because he has made a... [ Read entire Post ]
February 11, 2005 at 12:01 AM
Iranian intrigue
On Thursday, for the first time, North Korea formally admitted that it possesses nuclear weapons. In so doing, the Stalinist state made clear that the Bush administration's recent policy of avoiding public censure of North Korea, in the hope of reigniting the six-party talks on its illicit nuclear program, was at best ineffective and at... [ Read entire Post ]
February 8, 2005 at 11:55 PM
Look who's 'representing' Israel
As US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice embarked on her maiden voyage, it was reported that she departed from America armed with a new policy paper on how to implement the Quartet's road map produced by the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. According to Edward Djerejian, the former US ambassador to... [ Read entire Post ]
February 4, 2005 at 11:46 PM
The peacemongers are back
Speaking with State Department personnel on Monday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave form to the Palestinian state that now stands at the center of American Middle East policy. "The Israelis," she said, "were going to have to recognize that there was going to have to be land for – contiguous land for the... [ Read entire Post ]
