Word: aretz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hateful the Israeli occupation is to West Bankers, could easily have been avoided. Two weeks ago Israeli General Danny Matt, the military administrator of the occupied territories, called Nablus Mayor Bassam Shaka'a, 48, into his office for a chat. Next day the Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz published a partial account of the purported conversation; according to the newspaper version, Shaka'a implied that he approved of a 1978 bus attack by Palestinian terrorists in which 34 Israelis were killed...
Many Israelis seem to agree with the West Bank Arabs that the Elon Moreh decision was particularly unfortunate. The independent Tel Aviv daily Ha 'aretz observed that "it is difficult to imagine an act more injurious to Israel than the location, timing and circumstances of the establishment of the Elon Moreh settlement." Members of an organization called Peace Now, which was formed last year to encourage the government to make concessions to Egypt during the peace negotiations, rolled boulders onto a newly built road leading to the settlement...
...regime's response as "irrelevant" and "neither a yes, nor a no, nor even a maybe" -although, in fact, it confirmed Begin's continued unwillingness to give up any part of what he regards as the historic land of Israel. The mass-circulation daily Ha'aretz noted: "If even members of the Israeli Cabinet voted against the reply, one can hardly expect the Israeli answer to be welcomed enthusiastically in Cairo." Ma'ariv, the afternoon daily, was equally foreboding. "It may be possible to gain a few weeks' breathing space," said the paper...
...announcements caused a stir in Israel, where the reaction seemed to be admiration for Begin's boldness mixed with some misgivings about what the Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz described as "deepening our involvement in the lives of [the occupied] areas." Washington reacted angrily. Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz was promptly summoned to the State Department; there he was deliberately shuffled off to hear a stern lecture on the "illegality" of the newly announced settlements from Under Secretary Philip Habib, rather than from Cyrus Vance, with whom Dinitz usually deals. In Jerusalem, U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis called on Begin...
Chances are that Dayan, Sharon and Weizman will turn out to be less chauvinistic in their policies than expected. For one thing, observes Zeev Schiff, Ha 'aretz's military analyst, the fortunes of war have affected Israel's long mufti line. Following the spectacular victory of the Six-Day War, generals were national heroes, eagerly courted by political parties and the public alike. Israel fared less well in the October War, and generals seem to have lost some stature. Thus, even if the triumvirate were to favor some extreme military action, there is no guarantee that they...