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...demonstrations in the West Bank and even in Gaza, which had previously been relatively dormant. As the reaction began to die down, a shooting rampage by an Israeli soldier at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem stirred up Palestinian resentment against Israeli rule all over again. The soldier, American-born Alan Goodman, has been charged with the murder of an Arab guard...
...Gush Emunim (Bloc of the Faithful) movement, included settlers from the West Bank who had come to Yamit to protest the Sinai withdrawal. A third group was made up of members of Rabbi Meir Kahane's extremist right-wing Kach movement. Kahane's followers, many of them American-born, were threatening suicide if they were forced by Israeli authorities to leave the Sinai. As the army moved in, Israel's Defense Minister Ariel Sharon (see box) ordered journalists barred from the entire area. Eli Nissan, head of the Israeli Journalists' Association, called the news blackout...
...attack by Allen Goodman, an American-born Israeli soldier, on one of the most sacred sites in Islam, the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, had inflamed Arab passions throughout the Middle East. The incident occurred, moreover, at a time of extreme anxiety in the region. Plagued with doubts about the wisdom of its action, Israel was preparing to withdraw from the final third of the Sinai Peninsula on April 25, while Egypt waited anxiously to see if the Israeli government of Prime Minister Menachem...
Israeli officials were not immediately certain whether Goodman, an American-born Jew and a recent immigrant to Israel, represented anybody but himself. For the 15 years of Israeli rule over East Jerusalem, the precise status of the Temple Mount has been a matter of concern to ultranationalist Israeli groups. Within the past five years, the cause has been taken up by a generation of zealous young Israelis, the same factions that have helped build Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Last month, for example, a 22-year-old Israeli who lived in one of the illegal settlements in the northern...
Chris Ivanoff '82: As someone who is not American-born and has relatives in Europe, I believe the "position of strength" Reagan wants to bargain from makes Europe the table on which the cards are being played. That carries the domain of American politics beyond its borders. Reagan's policies shouldn't threaten the security of others and the integrity of their political institutions by pressing them to act against their domestic interests. The American position makes leaders feel they don't have control over their internal affairs. These leaders lose their people's confidence and this threatens European security...