The overwhelming victory of Hamas in the Palestinian parliamentary elections of January 25, 2006 – it won 74 seats out of 132 – has struck the region like a thunderbolt. No one was as flabbergasted as Hamas itself. It resembled…
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Gaby Lasky: Left of Meretz
ATTORNEY Gaby Lasky, human-rights activist, is 11th on the Meretz list for the upcoming elections. She has previously served as the General Director of Peace Now. Nir Nader, editor of Etgar (Challenge’s sister publication in Hebrew), interviewed her in early February, 2006.…
In the Footsteps of Sharon
IN departing from power, Ariel Sharon leaves behind a new Israeli consensus and a new centrist political party, Kadima (Forward), which will continue to engage the public trust even without him. If his political heir, Ehud Olmert, avoids making grave…
Fatah: The (Ominous) Rise of the Younger Generation
DESPITE the brain hemorrhage of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israel will likely go to the polls on March 28, 2006 with a strong show of stability. By contrast, in the Palestinian Authority (PA) elections will take place, on January 25,…
Amir Peretz: Capitalism in Pink
THE surprise victory of Amir Peretz in the Labor Party primaries on November 9, 2005 raised a political tempest. Labor’s death had been certified with the collapse of the Oslo Accords, but the sudden ascent of the Histadrut* chief transformed…