Word: aretz
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Dates: during 1967-1967
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...understandable that Israel is inordinately interested in Germany, periodically dispatching journalists to scour the land for insights. What is more surprising is that an Israeli newspaperman has produced an important analysis of both East and West Germany. Amos Elon, 40, foreign correspondent for the Tel Aviv newspaper Ha'aretz, claims no objectivity; he begins his tour in 1965 at Auschwitz in Poland, clearly announcing that he carries 6,000,000 cinder chips on his shoulders. But prejudice soon gives way to perception, and recrimination to compassion...
...they conceded that the government had acted hastily, Israeli journalists hardly rallied to the side of their imprisoned colleagues. Since the creation of Israel, newsmen have taken a rigorous censorship for granted because of the ceaseless hot-and-cold war with the Arab nations. Only one paper, Ha'Aretz, which has no party affiliation, sharply criticized the government. "While the Bui publication could have hurt the interests of the state," said an editorial, "that harm is nothing compared with the harm caused Israel by the secret arrests and trial. Whoever reads the description of the affair will...