Militiants Release First Video of Captive Israeli Soldier Oct 3, 2009
Dov Weisglass, once a senior aide to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, predicted Israel and Hamas were heading toward a resolution of the hostage ordeal. "This is creating enormous emotional pressure to get him released," he said. (Fox News)
* Palestinians in surprise UN resolution turnaround Oct 3, 2009
In 2001, activists tried to bring then prime minister Ariel Sharon to trial in Belgium in connection with a 1982 massacre at a Beirut refugee camp and in 2005, a retired Israeli general stayed aboard his plane in London after he was tipped off that police were waiting to arrest him outside. Those efforts all failed, but Israel is clearly bracing now for an intensified campaign. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Diplomats: Palestinians drop Gaza resolution Oct 2, 2009
In 2001, activists tried to bring then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to trial in Belgium in connection with a 1982 massacre at a Beirut refugee camp, and in 2005 a retired Irsaeli general stayed aboard his plane in London after he was tipped off that police were waiting to arrest him outside. Earlier this year, a Spanish judge shelved an investigation of seven Israeli officials involved in a 2002 airstrike in Gaza that killed a Hamas militant and 14 civilians. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Israel and Hamas deal: 20 prisoners for a video of Shalit Oct 1, 2009
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon also conducted a similar exchange with Hezbollah. Get Monitor stories by e-mail. (Christian Science Monitor)
Shafer: Who Says William Safire Was Such a Great Reporter? Sep 30, 2009
One of the most damning critiques of Safire appeared in the April 10, 2002, Boston Globe, in which reporter Mark Jurkowitz accused Safire of serving as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "press secretary." Safire, Jurkowitz wrote, is "clearly serving as an unabashed propaganda for the hard-line Israeli leader. The more intriguing question is whether he's also presenting a sanitizedand more palatableversion of Sharon to the American public.". Most Safire assessments credited the... (Slate)
Palestinians Seek U.K. Arrest of Ehud Barak Sep 30, 2009
In 2001, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was tried in absentia in Belgium, though not convicted, in connection with a 1982 massacre that Lebanese militants carried out in Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut. . (Newsmax)
Corruption trial begins for Israels ex-PM Sep 26, 2009
Backroom dealmakerA veteran politician known less as a statesman than as an expert backroom dealmaker, Olmert was catapulted unexpectedly into the country's top job when a stroke incapacitated his predecessor, Ariel Sharon. Sharon had also faced corruption allegations but was never indicted. (MSNBC -- International)
Iran key to new missile strategy Sep 19, 2009
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Israeli settlements: Where, when, and why they're built Sep 16, 2009
Formerly, 8,000 settlers lived in the Gaza Strip, but they were evacuated in 2005 under former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan ... While most government incentives for settlers, such as grants and tax breaks, were eliminated under Mr. Sharon, Israelis can often still obtain more advantageous mortgages for homes in settlements ... Around 50 were established after March 2001, when Sharon came to office and promised the US he would stop the growth of outposts, according to a... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
* Israeli leader Peres leaves hospital after fainting scare Sep 14, 2009
In 2005 he left the Labor party to join the new centrist Kadima headed by Ariel Sharon, an alliance that ensured Israel withdrew troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation. Although widely admired abroad, Peres is known for being an electoral liability as much as an asset and has never been such a hit at home. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Top Article: No Temporary Nightmare Sep 14, 2009
Ariel Sharon as prime minister dismantled 21 settlements with 8,000 people in 2005 in the Gaza Strip. Resistance from the settlers was manageable. (India Times, India)
Israeli president collapses Sep 13, 2009
In 2005 he left his lifelong Labour party to join the new centrist Kadima headed by Ariel Sharon, an alliance that ensured Israel withdrew troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation. Although widely admired abroad, Peres is known for being an electoral liability as much as an asset and has never been such a hit at home. (iAfrica.com)
Tough Love For Israel? Sep 12, 2009
Disillusioned, a lot of these people supported Ariel Sharon and the disengagement from the Gaza Strip, the results of which (Hamas takeover, rocket fire) made them even more disenchanted. That's why the Labour party-which invented the land-for-peace argument in the first place and made the Oslo agreement and offered a two-state solution in 2000-is now in a coalition government with the Likud party. (CBS News)
Zionist patience knows no end on road to peace Sep 5, 2009
The great danger facing Netanyahu, implied Feiglin, was that he would let Israel slip further down the slippery slope that had claimed such Likud predecessors as Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Ariel Sharon and Netanyahu himself during his first term as prime minister in the late 1990s. More than 100 days since Obama first sat down with Netanyahu in the Oval Office to lay down his first benchmark towards a resolution of the Israeli-Arab conflict - freezing Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Olmert's Indictment: Secular Justice or a Sign from God? Sep 1, 2009
On the eve of the 2001 Israeli general election that would sweep Ariel Sharon into power, Ehud Olmert, then the mayor of Jerusalem and Sharon's right-hand man, explained why the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak had been brought down ... According to one poll, more than a quarter of all Israelis and a majority of the religious ones believe that Ariel Sharon's massive stroke in January 2006 was punishment for ordering Israel's withdrawal from Gush Katif in Gaza in 2005 and... (Time.com)
Olmert charged in corruption probe Sep 1, 2009
Attorney General Meni Mazuz's office said the actions took place between 2002 and 2006, when he served as mayor of Jerusalem and in former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government ... He served as Jerusalem's mayor from 1993 to 2003 and held several Cabinet posts under Sharon, who has been in a coma since a massive stroke in 2006 ... became prime minister after Sharon's stroke. (CNN -- World)
Former Israeli PM Olmert charged Aug 31, 2009
EHUD OLMERT'S POLITICAL LIFE 1993: Begins 10-year stint as mayor of Jerusalem 2005: Leaves right-wing Likud party with former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to form Kadima 2006: Takes over as leader when Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke 2007: Helps re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after seven-year hiatus 2008: Announces plans to resign March 2009: Replaced as PM by Benjamin Netanyahu ... Mr Olmert became prime minister in May 2006 after serving for several months as acting PM when Ariel... (BBC News)
Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Indicted on Corruption Charges Aug 31, 2009
Olmert became prime minister in January 2006 after then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a debilitating stroke. He subsequently led their newly formed Kadima Party to victory in a parliamentary election. (Fox News)
Israel indicts Olmert Aug 31, 2009
Olmert's formal assumption of the premier's role followed several months as acting prime minister after his predecessor and political mentor Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and fell into a coma at the start of that year. Under his stewardship, Israel became embroiled in a war against Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in July-August 2006, a conflict for which he was widely criticised, with his popularity ratings at one point plunging into the single digits. (iAfrica.com)
Profile: Ehud Olmert Aug 31, 2009
Mr Olmert rose to prominence under former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, serving as deputy leader and finance minister in the previous government ... He became leader of the Kadima party after Mr Sharon was admitted to hospital in January 2005 following a massive stroke - he is still in a coma ... Mr Olmert was widely seen as one of Mr Sharon's closest allies. (BBC News -- Africa)
Robert Novak vs. David Frum Aug 21, 2009
The wisecracking outsider who belittles his White House colleagues becomes a fervent supporter of Israel s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. While Frum calls himself a not especially observant Jew, he repeatedly refers to his Jewishness. (The American Conservative)
In Israel, GOP's Cantor Slams Obama's Iran Policy Aug 7, 2009
Cantor also referred to a 2004 letter by former President George W. Bush to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in which the U.S. condones growth and permanence in major settlement blocs. The Obama camp has said it is not bound to understandings, including this letter, between the Israeli governments and prior administrations. (Newsmax)
No Need For An Obama Speech In Israel Aug 6, 2009
They showed they care--mostly by getting along well with the Israeli governments of Rabin and Sharon respectively. The Obama administration has done little to curry Israeli trust with their churlish attitude toward Netanyahu. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Israel Evicts 50 Palestinians from Homes Aug 4, 2009
On October 3, 2001, I.A.P. News reported that according to Israel Radio (in Hebrew) Kol Yisrael an acrimonious argument erupted during the Israeli cabinet weekly session last week between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his foreign Minister Shimon Peres. Peres warned Sharon that refusing to heed incessant American requests for a cease-fire with the Palestinians would endanger Israeli interests and "turn the US against us. "Sharon reportedly yelled at Peres, saying "don't worry about... (CBS News)
Newsweek: Power struggle brews inside Fatah Jul 24, 2009
It says that, in an undated meeting between Abbas and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the men discussed the possibility of killing Arafat and some senior Hamas officials. Abbas, Dahlan, and other Qaddumi rivals say Qaddumi fabricated the document. (MSNBC -- International)
Why a Jerusalem Standoff Threatens Obama's Mideast Peace Plans Jul 23, 2009
When Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak dared negotiate Jerusalem at Camp David in 2000, then Likud leader Ariel Sharon walked onto the city's Islamic holy sites to symbolically declare his party's determination to keep all of the city in Israeli hands. (Sharon's action touched off a riot that marked the beginning of the Second Intifadah. (Time.com)
Obama Is Blowing It on the Settlements Jul 23, 2009
Obama's conclusion that former U.S. President George W. Bush achieved nothing by working with Israel is amazing, considering that Bush brought the father of the Israeli settler movement, Ariel Sharon, to withdraw every soldier and every settler from every square inch of Gaza in August 2005 in the largest test of the "land for peace" concept in Israeli-Palestinian history. You would think the experience of the Bush years would have led the Obama team to an opposite conclusion: If settlements had... (Slate)
Is Israel serious about closing 23 fringe settlements? Jul 22, 2009
Israel and the US have had outpost evacuation at the top of the Middle East peace agenda since at least 2004, when former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised President George W. Bush he would evacuate all unauthorized outposts built after 2001. Though small and slapdash in style, sometimes consisting of just a few trailer homes on a hill, the outposts are considered particularly important because they represent an attempt to greatly extend the borders of existing settlements or build... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Israel to evacuate all outposts in a day - report Jul 21, 2009
The Haaretz report was written by one of its most respected columnists, Yoel Marcus, who was also the first to disclose the plans of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to withdraw soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip, a plan that came to fruition in 2005. Copyright. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
West Bank lifts ban on al-Jazeera Jul 20, 2009
Mr Kaddoumi has released what he says were the minutes of a meeting between former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Mr Abbas as evidence. Fatah officials have denounced the document as a forgery. (BBC News -- Africa)
West Bank Plan Offers a First Step Jul 20, 2009
"We take huge risks," said Lt. Col. Sharon Biton, an Israeli military official, explaining why Israel feels it has to go slow in easing restrictions. The distrust on both sides, coupled with bureaucracy and skittish investors, has meant that several large ventures two industrial parks, a new West Bank city, the cell phone provider move slowly or not at all. (Time.com)
A Jewish Film Festival sampler Jul 19, 2009
7:30 p.m. July 29 at the Castro, with directors Erez Tadmor and Sharon Maymon in person. - Jonathan Curiel. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Why Palestinian leaders have banned Al Jazeera Jul 16, 2009
In his interview with Al Jazeera, Kaddoumi charged that Abbas had worked to assassinate Arafat with former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the PA's security chief at the time, Mohammed Dahlan two figures reviled by many Palestinians. Under pressure from Israel, Mr. Dahlan had led a crackdown on Palestinian violence in the occupied territories. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Al-Jazeera closed in West Bank Jul 16, 2009
Mr Kaddoumi has released what he says were the minutes of a meeting between former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Mr Abbas as evidence. Other Fatah officials have denounced the document as a forgery, saying Mr Kaddoumi's behaviour was an attempt to split Fatah, the oldest political organisation among the Palestinians which was, until the emergence of Hamas, the dominant force. (BBC News -- Africa)
Despite Jewish Concerns, Obama Keeps Up Pressure on Israel Jul 15, 2009
When it was suggested by one participant in the meeting that the past eight years had demonstrated that the best chance for peace came when there was no daylight between the U.S. and Israeli positions, Obama pushed back, noting that the close ties between the Bush Administration and the governments of Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert had in fact produced no significant progress toward peace. "He said, 'The United States and Israel were very, very close for eight years, and it produced very little,'... (Time.com)
Israel approves 50 new settler homes in West Bank... Jun 30, 2009
They say the US position was laid out in a 2004 letter from Bush to then Israeli premier Ariel Sharon. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said earlier this month the Obama administration had received no record of any such deal, but Israeli Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor insisted on Monday: "We had an agreement ... (on) freezing settlement activity including natural growth. "And alongside that there was an understanding, an agreement on the interpretation of what freeze is, and this... (The Drudge Report)
Settlements not obstacle Jun 26, 2009
When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon s government decided to withdraw and disengage from Gaza, no quid pro quo was asked of the Palestinians. Every settler was compelled to leave the territory in 2005, and Israeli soldiers left every square inch of Gaza. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
King dazzles crowd Jun 26, 2009
And Bush had a direct line to former Israeli Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert. While Israeli government insiders insist the Jewish state s friendship with the U.S. is not at risk, King related the officials carefully chosen words: The relationship is (now) less intimate. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
* Israel rejects total settlements freeze Jun 19, 2009
They say the US position was laid out in a 2004 letter from Bush to then Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. Lieberman, head of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, reiterated that Netanyahus Likud-led coalition government is ready for immediate direct talks with the Palestinians. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Here are some facts on Israel's settlements Jun 19, 2009
Today, Israel maintains that three events namely, draft understandings discussed in 2003 between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. deputy national security adviser Stephen Hadley; President George W. Bush s April 14, 2004, letter to Sharon; and an April 14 letter from Sharon adviser Dov Weissglas to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice constitute a formal understanding in which the United States accepted continuing Israeli building within the construction line of settlements. The... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Israel's Lieberman rejects US calls for settlement freeze Jun 18, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. " The Palestinians reject the Netanyahu government's policy toward them. After months of US pressure, Netanyahu broke with his right-wing party's ideology on Sunday and endorsed a the two-state solution, the cornerstone of international Middle East peacemaking efforts for years. But he set a slew of conditions: Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state; full demilitarisation of the future state that will not control its air space or have the... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Zelizer: Obama can succeed in Mideast Jun 18, 2009
Bush's warm approval of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a "man of peace" and his reluctance to put pressure on the Israeli leader strengthened conservative voices in Israel. After Hamas won a majority in the Palestinian parliament in 2006 despite its radical positions and endorsement of violence, progress seemed impossible. (CNN -- US)
Netanyahu Endorses Palestinian Independence Jun 16, 2009
Earlier this decade, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon led Israel out of Gaza before suffering a debilitating stroke. His successor, Ehud Olmert, spoke eloquently of the need to withdraw from the West Bank, though a corruption scandal a disastrous war in Lebanon prevented him from carrying out that vision. (KSBW 8, CA)
Big step for PM means no turning back now Jun 16, 2009
Whether Netanyahu adopts the same insincere attitude regarding the settlements as most of his predecessors or whether he turns himself into an alter ego of Ariel Sharon and decides that in order to preserve Israeli democracy he must start evacuating settlements, not building them, only time will tell. For the moment we are back to the same tired old rhetoric about a two-state solution that has been tossed around for the past 20 years. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Hillary Dismisses Israeli Argument on Settlements Jun 6, 2009
Dov Weisglass, chief of staff to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, said in an op-ed piece published this week in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot that the Bush administration and Israel had an understanding under which Israel could expand settlements within their existing boundaries. Speaking to reporters in Washington, Clinton sought to undercut his argument, saying there was no acknowledgment of any such agreement in the official negotiating record between Israel and the Bush... (Newsmax)
Netanyahu: "What the hell do they want from me?" May 30, 2009
" So in other words, Obama is not saying anything different than Bush said, it is just Congress is now going along with it because there is a Democrat in the White House. This even lowers my respect for Congress more. or to post comments by clincher on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 5:52pm So in other words, Obama is not saying anything different than Bush said, it is just Congress is now going along with it because there is a Democrat in the White House. No. In fact, the traditionally conservative-leaning... (Slate)
Abbas and the Peace Process: Is This Man Still Relevant? May 28, 2009
Abbas became President with U.S. backing after Yasser Arafat died, and the Bush Administration arranged a few photo opportunities with then Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon in order to create the impression of a peace process. But Washington also insisted that Abbas proceed with the legislative election scheduled for January 2006, despite the Palestinian leader's misgivings. (Time.com)
Three jailed over Baby P's death May 23, 2009
Page last updated at 12:50 GMT, Friday, 22 May 2009 13:50 UK. Baby Peter died after months of abuse despite visits from authorities. (BBC News -- Europe)
Peace isn't Arab goal May 20, 2009
A new poll shows backing a two-state solution; prominent supporters include Netanyahu's three predecessors - former prime ministers Ehud Olmert, Ariel Sharon, and Ehud Barak - as well as. The consensus, it would seem, is overwhelming. (Boston Globe)
Force Israel to act, Palestinian urges Obama May 20, 2009
But the confrontation was the worst since 2001, when President George W. Bush faced off with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon over Mideast peacemaking. "From Israel's point of view, we are ready without any further delay to open up a dialogue - an extensive and serious one with the Palestinians," Ayalon said, adding there should be no preconditions, and that Israel is ready to discuss economic, security, and political issues. (Boston Globe)
THE BIBI-BARACK SQUARE-OFF May 19, 2009
Clearly, the US-Israeli relationship is entering uncharted waters -- a far cry from the days when George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon saw eye-to-eye on virtually everything. The president stressed what he termed the need for a separate Palestinian state; Netanyahu refused to endorse one, saying only that Israel does not "want to govern the Palestinians. We want the Palestinians to govern themselves" -- though not with full statehood. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Profile: Moshe Katsav May 14, 2009
However, most stances he has taken - including supporting an unsuccessful ceasefire with the Palestinians in 2002 (in contrast to the incumbent prime minister, Ariel Sharon) - have avoided widespread controversy. He has been married to his wife, Gila, since 1969 and the couple have five children and two grandchildren. (BBC News -- Africa)
Pope visits Jerusalem's holy sites, says mass May 12, 2009
When Israeli leader Ariel Sharon walked through what is known to Jews as the Temple Mount in 2000, Palestinian anger turned into several years of bloody uprising, or Intifada, against occupation. Sharon went on to become prime minister. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
UN laments choking of Bethlehem May 8, 2009
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised the previous US administration that he would evacuate all unauthorised outposts built after March 2001, but critics say evacuations are carried out intermittently and without rigour. The international peace plan known as the road map called on Israel to halt all construction in the settlements, although observers say construction has never ceased. (BBC News -- Africa)
'Special Report' Panel May 7, 2009
For the last nine years, you've had in Israel under Sharon and Olmert governments which accepted a two-state solution, have engaged in negotiations, and have essentially offered what Israel offered nine years ago under Ehud Barack, who's now the defense minister, with Bill Clinton assisting in that offer of a Palestinian state and a settlement in perpetuity with Israel. The Palestinians rejected it at the time. (Fox News)
Netanyahu says ready for peace talks right away May 5, 2009
Those concerns were heightened five years ago after then U.S. President George W. Bush described Israel as a Jewish state in a letter to its prime minister at the time, Ariel Sharon, and suggested Palestinian refugees be settled in a future Palestine rather than in Israel. (Additional reporting by Adam Entous in Jerusalem). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
No more make-believe in the Middle East Apr 29, 2009
Former Israeli Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert told the US repeatedly that the separation barrier would not be used for political purposes, and that its route through the West Bank, rather than along the internationally accepted "Green Line," was to provide security "setback" for towns on the Israeli side of the Green Line. Again, the US pretended to believe them. (Yahoo News)
Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (2) Apr 28, 2009
Dov Weisglass, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chief of staff, and Giora Eiland, Sharon' national security adviser, discussed the idea Monday in meetings with Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's national security adviser, and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell ... (JTA) - E.U., U.S. want Sharon-Qurei summit ... We need to make early progress on the implementation of the Quartet road map," Cowen said. ``I emphasized the importance of helping the parties to take small, concrete and visible steps to... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
The world according to Lieberman Apr 28, 2009
As for the Ariel Sharon government, we undertook an insane process called disengagement. We transferred thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
I didnt vote for him, but Ill give Netanyahu a chance Apr 17, 2009
Ariel Sharon, too, started out as a hard-line prime minister, only to later push for far-reaching Israeli concessions. Netanyahu may see his own new term as prime minister as his shot at making history. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
GIVE BIBI A CHANCE Apr 13, 2009
But, not so long ago, so too did his predecessors as prime minister, Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert -- as well as Tzipi Livni, his leading opponent. And Netanyahu's record as prime minister in 1996-1999 suggests he may be substantially more pragmatic and moderate than his often rejectionist rhetoric when out of power suggests. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Restoring tranquility to a wild West Bank town Apr 11, 2009
For their part, the Israelis did remove two nearby Israeli settlements in 2005 part of the unilateral disengagement ordered by former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon that included the removal of Israelis from Gaza and two more Israeli settlements to the south of Jenin. Col. Asedeh, who was born in a village near Nablus, south of Jenin, was an Israeli prisoner of war in the early 1980s. (Globe and Mail)
What Passover Tells Us About the World Apr 11, 2009
('Ariel Sharon') born in Germany to parents from The Russian Empire. (now Belarus). (Slate)
Arens: Obama and Netanyahu Will Work Together Apr 7, 2009
But they accept it as did the original government that accepted it, the Sharon government, with 14 reservations. The most important of these is the total eradication of Palestinian terrorism, which has not happened. (Newsmax)
Finally, harsh realism from Israel Apr 5, 2009
Under Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert, Israel , released hundreds of arrested terrorists, and even offered to with the Palestinian Authority. "But none of these far-reaching measures have brought peace," said Lieberman. (Boston Globe)
