Understanding Your World: The Sharon Earthquake
The Santa Fe New Mexican › January 24, 2006
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Stewart: Sharon's party favored to win most seats in election
The illness of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is the equivalent of a political earthquake. Suddenly, all bets are off on the course of events in the Middle East. He may yet survive his massive stroke, but it is clear he cannot return to political life and his role not only as a titan of Israeli politics, but that of Middle Eastern affairs as well. An era has passed, and it is not clear what will take its place. The region is entering into a period of even greater danger.See the full content of this document
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Understanding Your World: The Sharon Earthquake
In the past few years, there has been a wholesale clearing out of the old political order in the Middle East. It began with the passing of Jordan's King Hussein. Then came the death of Syrian strongman Hafez Assad, the fall of Iraq's Saddam Hussein a...
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