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Translation from Hebrew to English by me Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided to fire the ministers Lieberman and Elon, due to heavy US pressure, directly from President George Bush: fulfill the disengagement plan fully, without cuts, and without any new scenarios that could delay its execution. A senior government source told NFC that Sharon had no other choice but to lead to the passing of the disengagement plan fully. It is therefore that he decided to "bet it all" and to work to fulfill this guarantee to President George Bush. The only way that the plan would pass was to...

On the eve of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to Washington, Israel and the US reached an understanding Monday to enable the transfer of some NIS 2 billion in frozen tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority. The US has recently applied heavy pressure to release the remainder of the funds as a way of easing Palestinian hardships. Israel's position has been that it would only release the funds when it is convinced a supervision mechanism is in place that will assure the money will not fund terror organizations. A senior source in the Prime Minister's Office said Monday night that...