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Washington post on pm sharon

The Washington Post has put together a number of resources concerning PM Sharon.
I haven't looked at much of it. But I did look at his life in pictures. It's a fascinating review of the history of Israel. (When I originally viewed it, there was a factual error in one of the captions, that appears to have been corrected.)

There's a Q & A with Jefferson Morley who accepts the PLO's position on just about everything. The Q & A with Israel correspondent Scott Wilson brings pretty standard answers; nothing too outrageous but certainly debatable on a few points.

Glenn Kessler's assessment of the Bush-Sharon relationship seems solid, but he can't resist getting in a jab:

Bush's statement last night referring to Sharon as a man of peace echoed an unscripted comment by the president in 2002 in which he publicly called the Israeli leader a "man of peace" during an especially tough crackdown on the Palestinians. Arab leaders at the time reacted with outrage at Bush's comment.

Newsweek includes a timeline and an assessment.

Lally Weymouth who interviewed PM Sharon several times writes her recollections of the man. The most impressive observation is:

As he and his devoted wife, Lily, trudged daily to the courthouse in New York's Foley Square, the Israeli press corps saw what we American journalists failed to grasp -- that this was much more than just a libel trial: If Sharon emerged victorious, it would be the first step in his political comeback.

(The article is also available here at the Newsweek site. A recent interview is here.)

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Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.

Posted by SoccerDad at January 11, 2006 5:49 AM