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By G. Jefferson Price III and G. Jefferson Price III,PERSPECTIVE EDITOR | August 18, 2002
So, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt refers to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as "fatso." "This fatso, Sharon: I hear he eats an entire lamb for dinner," Mubarak reportedly said. "How can anybody fall asleep after that?" The remark reportedly was made to Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, who was visiting Egypt to try to get some positive movement in the wrecked peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. It was leaked to the Israeli press, which published it, and it was picked up by The New York Times.
FEATURES
By David Zurawik and David Zurawik,SUN TELEVISION CRITIC | June 27, 2002
No television news operation has covered the Middle East in this troubled year with as much timeliness or wisdom as PBS' Frontline. Whether it was April's "Battle for the Holy Land," with its daring examination of the Palestinian suicide bombers and those Israeli intelligence operatives trying to stop them, or last month's "Muslims," Frontline has consistently made liars out of those who say television offers neither enterprise nor context when it comes...
NEWS
By Mark Matthews and Mark Matthews,SUN FOREIGN STAFF | March 4, 2001
JERUSALEM - Twice in the past year, Shimon Peres - former Israeli prime minister, former defense and foreign minister, former head of the left-of-center Labor Party - seemed to be a spent force, cast aside as a visionary out of step with Israeli reality. Last summer, Israel's parliament rejected him as a candidate for president in favor of a relative unknown, Moshe Katsav. In December, the Labor Party refused to back him as a candidate for prime minister. Then a left-wing party did the same.
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By Mark Matthews and Mark Matthews,SUN FOREIGN STAFF | February 2, 2001
JERUSALEM - Jews from the former Soviet Union helped topple Yitzhak Shamir in 1992, Shimon Peres in 1996 and Benjamin Netanyahu in 1999. Now, many are preparing to do the same to Ehud Barak on Tuesday. Coming from a nation where they felt officially persecuted, "the Russians," as they're known here, tend to take a dark view of political leaders generally, and in the past three elections have voted to punish incumbents rather than reward. With Barak, they have particular scores to settle.
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By Mary Curtius and Mary Curtius,LOS ANGELES TIMES | August 7, 2000
KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel - Nowhere in Israel was Moshe Katsav's election as Israel's president welcomed with more joy than in this town he calls home. The unexpected victory last week by the relatively little-known Katsav over Shimon Peres - former prime minister, and Nobel peace laureate - is not just the biggest thing that has happened here, Kiryat Malachi residents said. It may also be the biggest thing that has happened to the nation's have-nots - primarily immigrants from Middle Eastern countries and their descendants, who are 40 percent of the Jewish population of Israel, but have long felt locked out of its corridors of power.
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By WILLIAM PFAFF | June 3, 1996
PARIS -- The election in Israel was a referendum on the Middle Eastern peace process, but it was also a referendum on Israel's relationship to the United States even though Israeli voters may not have fully appreciated that fact.The United States has sponsored, supported and partially financed the Israel-PLO agreements and the painfully slow and difficult process of mutual accommodation between Israel and the Palestinians which has followed. President Bill Clinton ostentatiously supported re-election of the Labor Party, and of Shimon Peres as prime minister.