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Article: 3-PAGE MIRROR SPECIAL ON THE BLOODY CONFLICT RIPPING THE MIDDLE EAST APART: Israel on suicide course with Sharon at the helm; By Lesley Garner The travel writer who met Ariel Sharon during his days as an Israeli soldier.(News)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2002
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Byline: Lesley Garner
ARIEL Sharon says that "it's either them or us". Them, the Palestinians, must be destroyed if us, the Israelis, are to survive.
From the outside, the only certainty of what is happening in the Middle East seems to be an outcome of destruction, them and us locked in an embrace of mutual suicide.
Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia offered, before this week's violence, a small hope in the shape of a deal - Arab acceptance of Israel in exchange for withdrawal from the occupied territories.
In short, there is a ...