Word: avis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...additional $700 million worth of military hardware. With a carrot like that, Shamir can hardly be blamed for ignoring Bush's stick. As long as those funds keep flowing, the Israeli government is unlikely to change course despite the growing animosity between the two leaders. Says Shamir spokesman Avi Pazner: "We've shown that we don't knuckle under to pressure...
Technically, the government may be right in saying it did not pay the reporters. Instead, it hired Jerusalem radio-studio owner Avi Yaffe, and Yaffe in turn hired the journalists. "The professional journalists work for me," insists Yaffe. "They get orders from no one. They work according to their professional consciences...
...Israel Radio, where some of the 12 reportedly work: "I wasn't involved. I don't know anyone who was. That's all I will tell you." In the wake of last week's revelations, a clearly embarrassed Foreign Ministry said it was suspending its relationship with the Avi Yaffe Studio -- but it claimed the suspension came as the result of a "standard review," not because of the newspaper reports...
...blunt acknowledgments of Germany's blame for the Holocaust. Both leaders repeatedly emphasized that their visits were private, not official, and for added effect, they cut their stays short, leaving Austria within several hours of their arrival. Still, the visit enraged many Jews, four of whom, including American Rabbi Avi Weiss, were arrested for public disorder after they shouted at Waldheim before Havel spoke...
...more calm manner, Avi Nelson, a commentator on WCVB's "Five on 5" television program and a conservative activist, continued the anti-establishment barrage. Nelson said 10 years of Democratic Party rule have resulted in a "one-party system" that "does not work...