Political Rapture

October, 2004

will the return of the lord help the republican party?It's not hard to understand current Israeli policy toward the occupied territories. As part of his bid to become prime minister, Ariel Sharon provoked the intifada by marching to the Al-Aqsa mosque with 1,000 police officers. The purpose of his policies--the bulldozing, the bombing and the enclosure--appears to be to goad the Palestinians into acts of terrorism, thereby securing his position as the defender of Israel.It's harder to understand...