Monthly Archives: January 2003
Ariel Sharon, Amram Mitzne and Yose Beillin won the Israeli Election. Natan Scharansky, Yose...
There were multiple winners of the Israeli elections and there were multiple losers of the Israeli elections.
The winners were Ariel Sharon, Amram Mitzne and Yose Beillin.
Sharon wanted to double the strength of the Likud...
Sharon’s Associates: There is no Such Thing as a “Right Wing Government”
The first phone call was from his son, Gilad. Ariel Sharon spoke gently, occasionally laughing. Gilad phoned from the farm, immediately after the television polls, to his father sitting in the security cabinet room...
Palestinian Arab Reaction to the Israeli Elections
Palestinians: "Now we will continue the intifada"
The Palestinian Arabs were dealt a serious disappointment this week. Their efforts to affect the Israeli political map failed once again.
In the past months they openly supported Amram...
In an Emergency Government, We’ll Sit With Haredim
Shinui Chairman MK Tommy Lapid will meet with Labor Party Chairman Amram Mitzna, who phoned him yesterday and asked to speak to him about the election results. Lapid said at the opening of the...
The Cairo Talks Continue: All Palestinian Arab Factions Discuss Coordination of Terror Activities
Twelve representatives of Palestinian Arab organizations will meet in Cairo today to talk about the Egyptian proposal for a unilateral cease-fire for a year.
Even before the talks began, and even before last night's...
Will Sharon’s Vision for a National Unity Government be based on the “Bush Vision”?
The new Israeli government's underlying principles will include the "Bush vision" for peace between Israel and the Palestinians and the founding of a Palestinian state.
This is one of the main points of Prime Minister...
Concern in Likud: Collapse of Labor Party May Hurt Chances of Coalition Government
Hard as it may be to believe, senior members of the Likud are worried about a possible collapse of the Labor Party in next week's elections. "You must realize, we want to set up...
New Think Tank Proposes Revolutionary Method to Wean U.S. from Mideast Oil
Since the September 11 tragedies, much thought has been devoted to how to extricate the U.S. from the morass of the Middle East, terrorism and endless troop commitments. One long stride could be made,...
Special Israel Resource Report: The Palestinian Authority’s Media Views Israel’s Elections
Publicly, the Palestinian Authority has repeated that it has not intervened in Israel's current election campaign. But the Palestinian media, licensed and controlled by the PA, have increasingly focused on the elections and published...
Prof. Zimmerman Invokes Himmler Comparison
Some 60 people attended a talk by Prof. Slavoj Z'izek, Professor of Philosophy from the University of Lubliana, Slovenia, at a rally sponsored recently by "Yesh Gvul" in Jerusalem.
Prof. Z'izek's topic was Citizenship and...