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...Within hours they were in the battle zone. Rubinger photographed Halevy interviewing Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon at a forward military command post. One reporter found himself in the right place, right from the start. TIME'S Leroy Aarons had been dispatched protectively by Jerusalem Bureau Chief David Aikman to Metulla, Israel's northernmost town. On Sunday morning, one of the three main waves of the Israeli invasion force came rumbling through Metulla...
Reported by David Aikman/ Jerusalem and Robert C. Wurmstedt/Cairo
Shutdowns and layoffs can be especially devastating in textile-mill towns that depend on only one or two factories for their existence. In Newberry, S.C. (pop. 10,000), the first blow came last month when the Collins & Aikman hosiery plant was closed down, idling 340 workers. Two weeks ago, Newberry Mills began shutting down its obsolete, 98-year-old cotton mill for good; 330 workers are being fired. Unemployment in Newberry County is now 16%, triple the rate of last December...
When the news broke, Jerusalem Bureau Chief David Aikman was lunching with some influential Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and could only watch in silence as they raised their glasses to toast Sadat's assailants. Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott experienced an ominous sense of déjà vu. He was with Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 1979, when the signing of the Camp David accords was shown on television...
...leading advocate of building new Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. But now, as Defense Minister, he is pressing for a transition from military to civilian rule in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Last week Sharon gave TIME'S Jerusalem bureau chief David Aikman an exclusive briefing on the West Bank moves and his views on the Palestinian problem. Excerpts...