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Secretary of State John Kerry (C) shakes hands with former Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting at the Dead Sea, May 26, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young


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Palestinians demonstrate in front of the offices of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Ramallah to protest the death of Palestinians in the Yarmuk refugee camp in Syria, from malnutrition, demanding Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas intervene on January 4, 2014. At least 15 Palestinians have died of hunger since September in the besieged refugee camp […]


Opinion: We Should Be Ashamed

Opinion: We Should Be Ashamed

Had shame found its way into the hearts of many Palestinian leaders, they might have saved their people much pain and misery. This is not to mention their responsibility for the Palestinian fathers who died as martyrs, leaving widows, orphans and bereaved mothers....
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epa04018793 CORRECTION epa04015886 A handout photograph supplied by the Israeli Ministry of Defense on 11 January 2014 shows a young General Ariel (Arik) Sharon (2-L) with his head wrapped in a bandage as he speaks with with Defense Minister Moshe Dayan (R) and other unidentified army officers while on a boat on the Suex Canal […]


The Mixed Legacy of Ariel Sharon

The Mixed Legacy of Ariel Sharon

[inset_left]Arik: The Life of Ariel SharonBy David LandauAlfred Knopf, 656 pagesNew York, 2014[/inset_left]How history judges a political leader has always depended, at least in part, on the timing of his departure from power or death. In that context, Ariel Sharon...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looks on during a meeting at his office in Jerusalem in this October 10, 2005 file photo. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)


Ariel Sharon, former Israeli PM, dies at 85

Ariel Sharon, former Israeli PM, dies at 85

Jerusalem, AP—Ariel Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, eight years after a stroke left him in a coma from which he never awoke. He...