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but genuinely puzzled. What the hell were these people talking about

by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Deborah Sontag

it was not for lack of trying. Along the way

I believed I had achieved the most important goals of my

I believed this was as much in Israel’s own interest as

even when he knew he could not accept or act on

experience and conscience to come as near as possible to doing what you

the government formally approved the security fence. Still

but only in the wake of an act of terrorism

I realized my time as Prime Minister was up. Before

critically important part to what I was proposing: the

and conceivably to expand its area if some future leader had more of the

it would remove Israeli troops and settlers from most of the

about how various parts of the agreement would

there were five separate motions of noconfidence

halfway up the coast from Tel Aviv to Haifa

I felt we had a responsibility to play our

but it did promise a “safety net” in the

worked out a new deal with Shas. The Sephardi Orthodox party was

and that it was Israel that was closing the door. We would also risk