Now, a nation with virtually no democratic track record and a history of sectarian warfare must figure a way to move forward with a government that comprises four major blocs — two Shiite, one Sunni-backed and multi-sectarian, and one Kurdish — each with a different agenda.
Its declared aim is the early establishment of a Palestinian… In Israel, for the first time since 1948, one of the two major political blocs, the Labor Party, headed by Shimon Peres, was insisting that… Prime Minister Menachem Begin resigned in midterm in Sept. 1983.
Mr Naaman points to the precarious security situation in a country where sectarian divisions were already marked before the Syrian civil war and its two major political blocs define themselves on whether they support or oppose the Syrian regime.
By Amos Elon The New Yorker, July 27 , 1987P. 33 In Israel, for the first time since 1948, one of the two major political blocs, the Labor Party, headed by Shimon Peres, was insisting that peace-or, at least peace talks-with Jordan & with moderate Palestinian nationalists was a distinct possibility.
The New Yorker, July 27 , 1987P. 33 In Israel, for the first time since 1948, one of the two major political blocs, the Labor Party, headed by Shimon Peres, was insisting that peace-or, at least peace talks-with Jordan & with moderate Palestinian nationalists was a distinct possibility.
Shimon Peres, the Labor Party leader, became Prime Minister in the aftermath of the general election of July, '84 The election produced a deadlock between the two major political blocs-the nationalist Likud, under Begin's successor Yitzhak Shamir, & what is known as the Alignment, composed of centrist & left-of-center labor parties under Peres.
There are plans to expand the three major settlement blocs.
A10 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, who will meet with Mr. Bush at the White House on Wednesday, listed five major settlement blocs in the West Bank that he promised to retain as part of his withdrawal plan.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel on Monday listed five major settlement blocs in the West Bank that he promised to retain as part of his unilateral separation plan from the Palestinians and visited the largest of them.
Haplotype analysis of TRAF3IP2 gene revealed three major haplotype blocs that were present in 98 % of our cases (Table 3).
