Arik - The Life Of Ariel Sharon (123 page)

Guest of honor at a Druze feast (
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The “constrainers”: left to right: Arik, Yitzhak Modai, David Levy. (Behind Arik is Ehud Olmert.) (
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“Who is in favor of eliminating terror?” Tel Aviv, February 1990, “Night of the Microphones.” (
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“Who is in favor of eliminating terror?” Tel Aviv, February 1990, “Night of the Microphones.”

Minister of housing, 1990: a splurge of building—and of settlement (
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From Russia, with votes (
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Sycamore Ranch soiree, 1991 (
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Ousted: election night, 1992 (
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“Where’s your company commander?” With King Hussein of Jordan, 1997: flowering of a late friendship. (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the background.) (
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“Tie us up, hand and foot!” With Netanyahu at Wye River Plantation, 1998. (
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“We don’t eat friends.” With Yonatan, on Sycamore Ranch. (
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“The hope of peace for us Israelis lies in the principle of separation.” With outgoing prime minister Ehud Barak in the Knesset Speaker’s office, March 7, 2001, moments before Arik is sworn in as prime minister. (
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On the Temple Mount, September 28, 2000: unintelligent gimmick that changed history (
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