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...Finally we've gone on the offensive," said Yuval Steinitz, a committee member from the Likud Party, "but it's a mistake to have this operation limited by political considerations." Mofaz sat quietly. He knew many of his officers felt the same...
...Foreign Minister Peres appears to share at least some of Washington's concerns. Many in his Labor Party fear that Sharon is responding to pressure from within his own Likud Party to destroy the Palestinian Authority and drive Arafat back into exile. Peres's primary concern, however, is that Sharon may be making a fatal mistake by seeking to delegitimize Arafat, because despite Israel's frustrations with him, the Palestinian leader remains a moderate on the Palestinian political spectrum. And if Arafat is removed, warns Peres, Israel will find itself facing an even more radical leadership in the Palestinian territories...
...Zeevi, the former tourism minister and head of a small party to the right of Sharon's own Likud, had resigned from the cabinet only two days earlier to protest Israel's withdrawal of troops from a Palestinian-controlled section of Hebron. His decision had signaled a looming political crisis for Sharon, who has come under intense international pressure to resume long-term peace talks with the Palestinians since the U.S. began forging its anti-terrorism coalition a month ago. Still, the day before the assassination Sharon told an interviewer he would accept a Palestinian state if Israel's security...
...prospect of renewed negotiations was the main reason that Zeevi and his party were quitting the government. But there was also pressure from inside Likud, from people like Uzi Landau, saying they would have to consider their options if Sharon began talking to Arafat, so he was under a lot of pressure. Until today, which has changed everything again. This time it was Peres under pressure when the cabinet met today, and Lieberman was persuaded to withdraw his resignation and remain in the government...
...prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to make an end run around the State Department and White House and appeal directly to Congress and the U.S. public to support a more aggressive campaign against Arafat's administration. Israeli political analysts believe it was Netanyahu's challenge for the leadership of the Likud party that drove Sharon to make his ill-fated visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount a year ago, which became the pretext for the Palestinian intifada...