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Ariel Sharon: Peace
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In September 2000, in what is widely accepted as the provocation that set off the new Palestinian Intifada, Ariel Sharon descended on the Muslim holy site al-Haram al-Sharif during prayer services. More than a thousand armed police flanked him. Palestinian frustration with a stalled peace process was already mounting, but Sharon's storming of al-Haram al-Sharif represented the last straw.
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Palestinians claim that the al-Aqsa Intifada was started because of a visit made by Ariel Sharon and an escort of several hundred policemen marching in sites of Arab East Jerusalem sacred both to Muslims and Jews. Palestinian lobbyists and commentators have even gone so far as to accuse him of purposely starting this event, to prevent the further continuation of peace talks.
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Nobel peace prize winner Shimon Peres today hinted he may leave the Israeli Labour party he led until three weeks ago to join forces with Ariel Sharon. Mr Peres, a former prime minister, told reporters at the Euromed summit in Barcelona that Mr Sharon, who last week left his own party,...
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