Chemi Shalev
By Chemi Shalev
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News House Takes Aim at Judiciary on Church-State Cases
WASHINGTON — There was a moment during his appearance with President Bush on the White House lawn last Tuesday when Prime Minister Sharon seemed to reveal more than he intended of his inner state of mind right now. Working through his prepared remarks, Sharon briefly fumbled with pages that appeared to be stuck together. Bush…
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News U.S.-Israel Showdown Seen on Security Fence As Sharon Meets Bush
JERUSALEM — Officials here are concerned that growing American-Israeli disagreements over the so-called “separation fence” between Israel and the West Bank may mar next week’s planned meeting in Washington between Prime Minister Sharon and President Bush. Sharon is coming to the United States on the heels of the first-ever visit to the White House by…
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News ‘Arafat refused –– and all the rest is gossip’
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak recently summed up a three-day-long seminar devoted to the July 2000 Camp David summit with this succinct verdict: “Yasser Arafat refused — and all the rest is gossip.” Most Israelis would agree with Barak’s binary, black-or-white assessment of that ill-fated trilateral summit that led, in short order, to the…
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News Sharon Faces Ire As He Eyes Hamas Prisoner Release
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Sharon braced for fierce Cabinet opposition this week in the wake of his decision to release Palestinian security prisoners belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups. Sources in the Prime Minister’s Office told the Forward that following next week’s planned meeting between Sharon and the Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud…
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News Sharon May Shuffle Cabinet, Rebuild Labor Coalition
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Sharon is facing growing political obstacles in his efforts to steer Israel along President Bush’s “road map” to peace, and insiders say he may soon be forced to reshuffle his Cabinet and reestablish a broad-based unity coalition with Labor. Sharon’s moderate policies are meeting opposition not only from his right-wing coalition…
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News As Israel Pulls Out Its Troops, Optimists Hold Their Breath
JERUSALEM — Hardened by the recent experience of broken promises and broken dreams, Israelis are watching the emerging cease-fire announced this week with a mixture of skepticism and hope, praying that it turns out to be more than just a temporary lull, as most suspect, in the three-year-old Palestinian intifada. Israeli decision makers are nearly…
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News Israel Promises ‘Harsh Reaction’ If a Palestinian Cease-Fire Fails
JERUSALEM — Israel is threatening a “harsh reaction” — including the “elimination” of the current Hamas leadership in Gaza and the possible expulsion of Yasser Arafat from Ramallah — if and when the emerging Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire falls apart. Senior defense officials told the Forward this week that despite widely reported progress in security contacts between…
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News Army Chiefs Nervously Eye ‘Trap’ in Palestinian Cease-fire
ZJERUSALEM — Despite Israel’s reluctant agreement this week to respect an emerging cease-fire among Palestinian factions, at least temporarily, senior security officials here continue to describe the cease-fire as a “trap” that could help the terrorist organizations regroup and hamper Israel’s efforts to fight them. Israel agreed to respect the intra-Palestinian cease-fire for a period…
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