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...before any peace negotiations can be held. Obviously, such an effort has broad political repercussions. Twice since 1967, the United Nations has protested Israeli annexation; last week Secretary-General U Thant complained once again. The United States, which along with 32 other nations pointedly maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv and not in Jerusalem, called Israel's unilateral action "unacceptable...
...invincible SM-15 has outwitted imperialists, colonialists and Zionists in five books released by the Algerian State Publishing House. No Phantoms for Tel Aviv, Halt Plan Terror!, Rescue the Fedayeen Girl, Vengeance at Gaza and Hangmen Also Die are tailored for Arab readers. The fact that they are printed only in French, however, has restricted their audience in the Arab world. Even so, Saber has won himself a following of camp-conscious European devotees who affectionately refer to him as Achmed Bond...
...where 007 likes his champagne chilled and his women hot, Saber is a devout Moslem who takes his lemonade without sugar and says "no" in Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. "Cover yourself," he admonishes one toothsome hussy, "you look like a French prostitute." In No Phantoms for Tel Aviv, the delectable Amalia coos, "I have everything you could want," as she attempts to steal a tape recording from him. Snaps Saber: "I have other things to do." He has not been nicknamed "Son of God" for nothing...
...while they fight the Soviet system, they also identify with it in various ways. Thus, when a Moscow tailor who settled in Tel Aviv experienced his first slack season, he demanded, "Why doesn't the government provide me with clients? In Moscow, the government sees to it that everyone gets his share." A Russian woman shopping with her Israeli brother in a Jerusalem department store was indignant when he exchanged greetings with another shopper, who turned out to be Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir. "You mean," she asked disapprovingly, "they allow government ministers into a store without first clearing away...
Israeli officials estimate that it takes as long as five years for Soviet immigrants to accommodate to life in Israel. "Those five years can be difficult for them and for us," admits one. A Tel Aviv psychologist fears that if Moscow were to open the gates to every Jew who wanted to emigrate to Israel, "that could come close to ruining us, sociologically and financially." That is a remote prospect, of course, but even if it were an imminent one Peled insists he would not be unduly concerned. "We will fight the problems," he says. "Under no circumstances will...