Word: aretz
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...withdrawal. Since the end of the war in Lebanon, 155 Israelis have died in the country and 2,600 have been injured. As a result, the continuing Israeli presence has eroded Begin's domestic support. In a poll published last week in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, only 30.9% named Begin as the person best suited to be Prime Minister, a sharp decline from 45% six weeks earlier...
Defying the ban and thereby risking legal action, the revue's producers decided to keep the show open, and many Israelis obviously approved. As the independent newspaper Ha'aretz observed, "You don't have to love Levin's play or agree with his opinions to defend his right to say whatever he likes." At midweek in a preliminary vote, the Israeli Knesset expressed its support of a bill that would abolish all censorship of films and plays...
There is other evidence as well showing the Israelis knew of the terror in the camps. On Thursday evening, women ran out of the camp crying hysterically. They told Israeli soldiers that their children were being murdered. An Israeli soldier told Ha'aretz that when an Israeli officer was informed, he said, "It's all right. Don't worry...
...Bank. PORI is directed by its founder Rafael Gill, 51, a sociologist with an M.A. from New York City's New School for Social Research. Since 1966 PORI has been surveying opinion on topics of current interest; its polls are regularly published by the independent newspaper Ha'aretz...
...that were souring on Begin for one reason or another. This possibility caused Begin to put the question of resignation to his Cabinet, and the Cabinet voted 12 to 6 he should remain in office. Begin followed the Cabinet's counsel. Sniffed the anti-Begin newspaper Ha'aretz: "On this occasion the Prime Minister outdid himself in swallowing his own words." But most Israelis believe that Begin will soon attempt to muster a majority for new elections, to be held some time later in the year...