Hamas activists carry uniformed children holding plastic rifles during an anti-Israeli rally in Nablus, Monday May 26, 2003. (AP)
Sharon Changes Rhetoric on Palestinian Conflict Story aired: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
What's in a word? When the word is "occupation" and it comes out of the mouth of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, it's a word very few, maybe even Ariel Sharon himself, ever expected to hear.
Yesterday, Sharon acknowledged for the first time ever that Israel occupies land Palestinians claim, de-emphasizing his life-long position that Jews had a biblical mandate to long contested territory on the West Bank and Gaza.
To explore the importance of this new word in the prime minister's vocabulary, we're joined by Robert Tait of the London Times who's in Jerusalem.
