Chemi Shalev
By Chemi Shalev
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News Intentions Unclear, Sharon Remains Sphinx of Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Does he or doesn’t he? This is the question asked most often these days about Prime Minister Sharon. Does the Israeli leader seriously intend to push the peace process forward, as he professes with growing vigor, or is he just playing for time, waiting for an opportunity to abort the process? The signals…
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News Syria Tensions May Stall Plan
JERUSALEM — Rising tensions between Washington and Damascus may serve to delay the launch of the much-anticipated “road map” to Israeli-Palestinian peace, senior Israeli officials told the Forward this week. An escalation in U.S.-Syrian tensions is likely to heat up Israel’s northern border, the officials said, forcing Washington to concentrate on yet another Middle East…
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News Netanyahu’s Austerity Plan Comes Under Fire From Labor Groups
JERUSALEM — Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu maintains that Israel is teetering on the edge of an economic abyss and desperately needs an emergency rescue plan. His critics counter that his proposed cure, a stiff austerity package mixed with hefty doses of tax-cutting and privatization, is worse than the illness and will ultimately plunge the country…
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News Israelis Stay on High Alert For Possible Iraqi Attacks
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military is anxiously awaiting Saddam Hussein’s last stand in Baghdad, fearing that the Iraqi president may decide to attack Israel in an ultimate act of do-or-die desperation. But while the military is wary of the war’s last days, Prime Minister Sharon appears more preoccupied with the days that will follow. Sharon…
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News Sharon Government Scrambles As Bush Prepares ‘Road Map’
JERUSALEM — As war clouds thundered over Baghdad and Israelis sealed their rooms with duct tape and plastic sheeting, Prime Minister Sharon and his top advisers were scrambling this week to untangle the growing uncertainty over the local diplomatic fallout of the Iraq crisis. Israel appeared caught off guard by President Bush’s surprise announcement on…
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News Iranian Threat Looms Large In War’s ‘Day After’ Scenario
JERUSALEM — While Israelis gear up for an expected American war on Iraq, their leaders are increasingly preoccupied with “The Day After.” Most senior strategists here believe Israel would emerge in a stronger position after a war. A changed regime in Baghdad is widely expected to create new opportunities for Israel vis-à-vis the Palestinians. No…
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News Nation’s Ills Await ‘Deus ex Machina’
JERUSALEM — Israeli policy-makers are growing increasingly nervous about the Bush administration’s mounting diplomatic difficulties — at NATO, in Turkey and at the United Nations Security Council — and the increasing likelihood of a delay in the launch of an American campaign against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Israel’s top political, military and economic echelons have…
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News Soft Side to Sharon’s ‘Hard-line’ Coalition
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Sharon was hard at work this week cobbling together a coalition government that seemed to be leaving almost everyone unhappy — including much of Sharon’s own Likud party. The prime minister’s closest aides were insisting it was all part of a plan, a classic Sharon high-wire act that would eventually lead…
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