Word: avineri
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Perhaps Shahak and his lies should simply be ignored. Such is the view of Uri Avineri, a dove and outspoken Israeli government critic. That Shahak has been and continues to be allowed "to express his ideas freely without removing him from the University" is perhaps the best refutation of Shahak's claims. It is unfortunate that The Crimson devoted not inconsiderable attention to this publicity-mad-man. Jessica Sandler...
...little code-reading goes on. That Israel has not been treated as a political mystery-land is in a way unfortunate for the Rabin government, since within the last month an internal personnel change has taken place which might be a signal for a major change in policy. Shlomo Avineri, a noted scholar of Marx and Hegel who served as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was appointed Director-General of the Foreign Ministry, Israel's second ranking foreign affairs post. Avineri is extremely dovish by Israeli standards--in a recent issue...
...Avineri appointment does not point however, to a substantive change in Israel's position on negotiations with the Arabs. It is probably no more than an indication of the desire of the Rabin government--a government headed by a former professional soldier and composed in large part of men who have made their careers in politics--to develop a better working relationship with the academic community. It is possible that Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, who apparently was the moving force behind the Avineri appointment, is seeking to establish the Foreign Ministry as the conciliatory, doveish wing of the government...
...offing could have given Rabin and his government a brief respite from condemnation and rhetorical attack by most of the world, including Israel's former allies in Western Europe. Unfortunately, no such public relations opportunity is available, since Israel has never been a code decipherer's paradise, and the Avineri appointment remained no more than an Associated Press dispatch...
Some of the feeling of malaise can be understood in light of the euphoria that followed the 1967 war. "Expectations were raised so rapidly," says Shlomo Avineri, a political scientist at Hebrew University, "that even a small setback in the standard of living creates a huge psychological adjustment...