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Article: Israelis, Palestinians face future in Sharon's shadow.(A LETTER FROM JERUSALEM; Ariel Sharon)(Cover Story)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 20, 2006
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A visit to the Middle East always means a sort of metaphysical passing into the headlines. In Jerusalem, the stuff of news is all around you: soldiers and settlers, checkpoints and disputed holy sites, and depending on where your itinerary takes you, bombs and bullets. Here the news of a conflict that seems eternal and abstract to most Americans is local news.
I arrived in Jerusalem the day news of Ariel Sharon's massive stroke flashed across Websites and television screens. The headlines were mostly predictable: What's next? Who's next? Medical details. One headline was not: Pat Robertson Suggests God Smote Sharon.
Robertson might well have provided us ...