Ofer Shelah
By Ofer Shelah
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News Hawkish General Set To Snag Top Military Post in Jerusalem
TEL AVIV — Although the official announcement has not been made, the word out of the Defense Ministry is that the commander of the Israel Air Force, Major General Dan Halutz, will be appointed deputy chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces this summer. The promotion makes Halutz the prime candidate to become Israel’s…
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News Israeli Intelligence Probe Asks: What Did We Know and When?
TEL AVIV — As a special Knesset investigative committee began drafting its report this week on Israeli intelligence leading up to the Iraq war, Israel’s defense establishment found itself caught up in an unexpected debate over whether Israel had overstated the Iraqi threat, and why. The Knesset probe, headed by Likud lawmaker Yuval Steinitz, has…
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News Israeli Government in Turmoil Over Sharon Gaza Pullout Plan
TEL AVIV — Israel’s political establishment began preparing itself this week for a major political shake-up in the wake of Prime Minister Sharon’s detailing of his “disengagement plan” for Gaza and the West Bank. The plan, first disclosed Monday in an interview in the daily Ha’aretz, was far more detailed than any withdrawal plan Sharon…
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News Prisoner Swap With Hezbollah Sparks Heated Debate
TEL AVIV — Amid preparations for the homecoming of four captives — three soldiers presumed dead and a kidnapped businessman — in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah, Israelis this week were fiercely debating the wisdom of the deal and speculating on its fallout. The deal dominated public discussion for days, pushing Prime Minister Sharon’s mounting…
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News Wary of Right, Sharon Punts On His Plans
TEL AVIV — Under opposition pressure to spell out his still-murky “unilateral” plans on the Palestinian front, Prime Minister Sharon appeared before the Knesset last Monday and did just the opposite. Gone were the phrases that had caused such a stir last month, such as “dismantling outposts” and “unilateral withdrawal.” Instead, he spoke vaguely of…
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News Pressured, Assad Offers Charm Campaign
TEL AVIV — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continued his version of a peace offensive this week, publicly offering to give up weapons of mass destruction if Israel agreed to do the same, knowing in advance that it won’t. Israel’s Prime Minister Sharon replied in kind, sending a message to Assad that if the Syrian leader…
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