Beirut and assassinate Palestinian leaders, he is now seen as a political failure.
The Palestinian uprising and the renewed threat of war with Svria are likely to be used as the justification for a new government of national unity, bringing in Sharon as deputy prime minister and possibly defence minister. The real reason for this will be to preserve the political careers of these two Arab-killing generals. It is also possible that they will attempt to build a new Israeli National party. The ideological differences between them are mini1021- Sharon's political career started in the Labour party, before he quit over personal differences in order to found the Likud, while Barak has already dissolved the Labour Party into the non-ideological "One Israel" bloc. Such a government and party court of "aiding an enemy state in time of war" and sentenced to eighteen years in prison, after being illegally kidnapped by Israeli agents in Rome in 1986. has been returned to solitary confinement. Since his arrest, Vanunu has been held for over 111/2 years in solitary, in an attempt to destroy his mind. Israeli authorities are outraged his conversion to Christianity, which is viewed as an even greater treason. Vanunu's regular requests to be imprisoned with Palestinian political prisoners, rather than Jewish criminals, have all been rejected. He has now been told that he will not be eligible for any parole. expect to be released before 2004. A 12-hour vigil outside the Israeli embassy in London on 30 September, the fourteenth anniversary of Vanunu's kidnapping, was supported by Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Harold Pinter, Benjamin Zephaniah, Bruce Kent and many other political and cultural figures The defence campaign continues to hold regular pickets every Saturday. Further information at http://www.vanunu.freeserve.co.uk/ not only by his revelation of the size of their nuclear arsenal. but also by Jane cannot
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