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What Is U.S. Jewish Role in Gaza?

Martin J. Raffel March 31, 2005

This July, Israel will implement the government\’s plan to evacuate Jews living in the Gaza Strip and areas of the West Bank. Opponents of this policy, as we have been hearing and reading, are preparing a series of measures, including massive civil disobedience intended to prevent this from taking place. Other, more radical opponents, we have been informed, may be planning even more extreme actions.

Gaza Strife and American Jews

James D. Besser March 17, 2005

Civil strife in Israel over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s Gaza disengagement plan could cause new strains in the American Jewish community and accelerate the turning away from the pro-Israel cause, especially among younger Jews.

Debate Rages on Gaza Pullout, Army

Leslie Susser January 6, 2005

As the scheduled start of Israel\’s Gaza withdrawal approaches, settler leaders are raising the specter of mass refusal by religious soldiers to carry out orders, and are warning of disastrous consequences for the Israeli army and society as a whole.

But high-ranking Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers said settler leaders are exaggerating in an attempt to scare the government and to encourage soldiers to refuse to evacuate settlers from their homes.

Sharon Wins Key Likud Party Vote

Leslie Susser November 25, 2004

After a string of embarrassing defeats in his own party, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s victory in the election of key Likud officers raises the chances that he will be able to broaden his government and push through a promised withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza Strip — though it\’s still not certain.

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Rob Eshman September 16, 2004

It begins as 100,000 Jews amassed last Saturday evening in the streets of Jerusalem to protest Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s plan to pull 7,500 Jewish settlers out of the Gaza Strip and thousands more, eventually, from the West Bank. Protesters whose placards called Sharon a traitor were told to take them down — but that didn\’t make the sentiment any less apparent. To be blunt, civil war is in the air.

Dems Finalize New Pro-Israel Platform

Matthew E. Berger July 29, 2004

The Democratic Party wants to send the right message to the American Jewish community about its priorities in the Middle East, but its platform fails to include several positions Jewish groups recommended.

Sharon Battles for Pullout Plan

Leslie Susser May 27, 2004

On the international front, the Israeli prime minister has weathered scathing criticism of Israel\’s latest military operation in the Gaza Strip, which left more than 40 Palestinians dead and dozens of homes demolished in the Rafah refugee camp.

At home, a rebellion is gathering steam in Sharon\’s Likud Party by opponents of the planned withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.

Bush Still Waiting for Reward

Ron Kampeas, JTA April 22, 2004

Ariel Sharon is already reaping political dividends from last week\’s historic exchange of letters with President Bush, but the U.S. president\’s payoff depends a great deal on what Israel does next.

The Drawbacks of the Proposed Pullback

Dr. Nadav Morag April 1, 2004

The targeted killing of Hamas founder Ahmad Yassin and the \”open season\” that Israel has declared against Hamas leaders and those of other Palestinian terrorist organizations must be viewed as part of a larger Israeli policy designed to achieve a number of objectives.

Sheik Yassin and Me

Gil Sedan March 25, 2004

As a journalist, I met Sheik Ahmed Yassin twice during my visits to the Gaza Strip. The first time was when I attended a military court hearing in 1984, when Yassin was sentenced to 13 years in prison for anti-Israel activities.

Only a year later Yassin was released in a prisoner-exchange deal, and a few years after that I visited him at his home in Gaza.

On both occasions I was left with the impression that this seemingly vulnerable quadriplegic was as strong as a rock, outwardly unmoved by the course of events.

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