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...fully loaded bus left Tel Aviv, Passenger Nissim Cohen became suspicious of four young Arabs aboard the vehicle, two at the front and two at the back. Cohen noticed that the men, who had two suitcases among them, appeared tense and never spoke to one another. He mentioned his fears to an army officer, but was urged to calm down. Finally, after the bus had passed Ashdod, 19 miles south of Tel Aviv, Cohen jumped off and called police. Moments later, the four men announced that they were armed with explosives and were taking over...
During the entire episode, the government had maintained an internal news blackout. As a result, Israelis were preoccupied that night by a drama of a very different kind that was unfolding at the exhibition grounds convention center in Tel Aviv. There, at a meeting of the central committee of the Herut Party, the main group within the ruling Likud bloc, former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon was challenging Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir for the party leadership...
...major issue of the New York primary, foreign policy, Hart played politics-and lost. He tried to outpromise Mondale for the Jewish vote, falling into a foolish argument over who was most eager to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a touchy issue not likely to be settled satisfactorily during an election year. At the same tune, he accused Mondale of endangering young men by agreeing with President Reagan's Central American policies. (Mondale counters that he would keep only a small military force in the region and would not support the contra rebels...
...think 100% of Israel is for having the Israeli capital in Jerusalem. Putting the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem is an expression of the recognition of this. Our capital, since 1949, has been Jerusalem. Our government is here, our parliament is here, and the embassies are in Tel Aviv. I can't understand it. If there are some differences about the eastern part of Jerusalem, then why not establish the embassy in the western part...
...time we returned to Washington from Europe on Friday, June 11, Habib was shuttling between Damascus, Tel Aviv and Beirut, and urgently needed new instructions. I called Clark and told him that I would draft Habib's instructions and send them over the next day for the President's approval. Clark then told me he would immediately "Datafax" the paper to Camp David, where the President was resting. That evening Clark phoned and reported that the President had seen the draft instructions but had not approved them, judging that the issues were of such import that there should...