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...nuclear arsenals as not such a bad development, especially in the case of Israel. Officially, Jerusalem's long-standing position is that it will not be the first country in the Middle East to introduce nuclear weapons to the area. Shai Feldman, an expert on strategy at Tel Aviv University, argues differently. He contends that "you can only have a credible nuclear deterrent if the other side believes you have the capability and the will to employ nuclear weapons under certain circumstances. And the only way to have a credible doctrine is to have the public behind you." Accordingly, Feldman...
With headquarters in a five-story concrete-and-glass building in the industrial sector of Tel Aviv, Gottex controls some 65% of the Israeli swimwear market. Worldwide, it sells more than a million premium-priced pieces a year, from brightly colored suits ($48 to $240) to coordinated cover-ups such as shorts, oversize shirts and tunics ($16 to $250). Gottex's stylish products can be found on beaches in 63 countries, including Jordan and Lebanon where they appear without the "Made in Israel" label. They cover some celebrated bodies, from Diana, Princess of Wales, and Spain's Queen Sofia...
...refugees from Hungary. When World War II broke out, he was running a raincoat factory and she was preparing to study chemistry. He was eventually shipped off to a labor camp, while she lived in Budapest in hiding. In 1949 they arrived in a transit camp east of Tel Aviv with two small daughters and $100. At first the Gottliebs tried to resume their trade, but they soon discovered that selling raincoats in dry, sunny Israel did not have much future. With $65,000 borrowed from Armin's brother in the U.S., the Gottliebs in 1955 bought thousands of yards...
...months between Israel and a small faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Through the protracted bargaining, former Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky had served as an intermediary. Finally, at dawn last Monday, a dozen buses carrying 394 Arab prisoners drove to Ben-Gurion International Airport, outside Tel Aviv, where the men boarded three Israeli air force jet transports for Geneva. At approximately the same hour, the three Israeli prisoners took off from Damascus, the capital of Syria. On arrival in Geneva, the Arab prisoners remained aboard the Israeli planes, parked in a remote corner of the airport and surrounded by blue...
Like her grandfather, former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 17- year-old Ayelet Milo is a determined vote getter. At the Miss Israel pageant in Tel Aviv last week, she got enough of the judges' votes to make her runner- up. The child of Begin's daughter Hassia, Ayelet hesitated to enter the competition until she got encouragement from her grandfather. During the grind of dieting and exercise before the contest, her spirits were kept high by daily telephone pep talks from the reclusive Begin, who did not, however, attend the event. As runner-up, Ayelet...