Word: annexation
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...power to deter major acts of aggression. But the U.S. is also the chief backer of Israel, and as such, it is the object of as much resentment as reliance. The gulf rulers are afraid that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin's determination to annex the West Bank is at least as likely to plunge the region into chaos as are the combined threats of Arab radicalism, Islamic fundamentalism and Soviet adventurism. In that respect, they see the U.S. as part of their problem rather than part of the solution. Therefore the dilemma: even the most pro-Western leaders...
Jerusalem should be undivided, with unimpeded access to the holy places by all worshipers. But Jerusalem is not only part of Israel, it is part of the West Bank, and its ultimate status should be determined through negotiation. If Israel were to annex the West Bank, it would be, in effect, abandoning the Camp David accords and rejecting Resolution 242 as a basis for peace. That would remove any vestige of legitimacy from the Israeli claim that they are searching for a peaceful resolution. This would probably terminate the Israeli-Egyptian Treaty, which is predicated on Israel's honoring...
...Menachem Begin. He is a man of almost unshakable beliefs. He finds it very difficult to change his mind. It was torture for him to agree to remove the settlers from the Sinai. He has a single-minded commitment to annex permanently all the other occupied territories. He has a tendency to treat the Palestinians with scorn, to look down on them almost as subhumans and to rationalize his abusive attitude toward them by categorizing all Palestinians as terrorists...
Currently occupying temporary space in the K-School, the center will move into the school's planned Eliot St. extension. Construction in the annex is scheduled to begin next month, and its opening is slated for December...
...which were led by Swiss Justice Minister Kurt Furgler, the gunmen agreed to a 48-hour extension of their deadline and to the release of five more hostages. Some 30 hours after the initial occupation, the gunmen discovered a Polish military attaché, Zygmunt Dobruszewski, hiding in an embassy annex. Wysocki and his friends also failed entirely to detect the presence of Polish Attaché Jozef Matusiak, who was concealed in an attic. Eventually, Matusiak managed to crawl through a window onto the shingled embassy roof, and Swiss commandos standing by with ladders hauled him to safety...