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He was sentenced to 16 years in prison for complicity in the murder of Rabin, and another six months for death threats he made against former prime minister Ariel Sharon
I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government of hope and responsibility.More quotes »
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Aide: Israel's Sharon would oppose life support
-- A close associate of Israel's comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says the leader would not have chosen to remain on life support.Sharon, 84, led the government from 2001 until a stroke left him incapacitated in 2006. He still lies in a coma, connected Read more »
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Israeli orchestra strikes note of controversy with Wagner work
A seven-decade old cultural taboo will be broken next month when an Israeli symphony orchestra will play works by Richard Wagner inside the country for the first time since the state's foundation in 1948. The Eretz Israel orchestra, the pre-state forerun 7:07 PM from The Independent Read more »
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Former Amb.: Israel Must Take Tough Line With Turkey
"In the past we tried to downplay the importance of issuing international arrest warrants against Israeli officials," he said. Like, "Ariel Sharon in Belgium and England, or Almog." But, he cautions, "If Turkey gets an international arrest warrant, it ma from Arutz Sheva Read more »
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Friedman’s Unilateral Delusion
In today’s New York Times, op-ed columnist Thomas Friedman tries to come to grips with reality when he acknowledges that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vanquished all of his domestic foes and has built a government with an overwhelming maj from Commentary Read more »
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Knucklehead of the Week: U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts
AFP PHOTO/POOL/ELIANA APONTEIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is pictured in this 2006 file photo. This week's knucklehead, Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania, wrote in an e-mail to constituents recently, "“It is now incumbent on Prime Minister Ariel Sharo from NJ.com Read more »
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J'lem Day interview with photographer Rubinger
JERUSALEM – Photojournalist David Rubinger has been described as “the common thread” – the link between events collectively comprising the history of the modern state of Israel. Long before Rubinger shot the iconic classic of three soldiers, faces appare from Jerusalem Post Read more »
