Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this stage is to lure Jordan's reluctant King Hussein, the Saudis, and possibly even Assad into the peace process. Ever wary about deciding in haste, Hussein has asked Washington for a long list of clarifications about the Camp David agreements as they apply to the West Bank. The State Department is busy complying, even though one high U.S. official impatiently observed that the King was being "a bit precious." Syria's participation in any talks with Israel seems remote, but Congress provided a bit of bait by approving $90 million in foreign aid for Damascus if President...
...lingering complications from the Maryland summit was an unresolved dispute between Carter and Begin about Israeli settlements on the West Bank. Washington insisted that the Premier had promised there would be no new settlements for five years-the transitional period during which Palestinians will begin to enjoy a period of limited self-rule. Begin, however, insisted that he had pledged to maintain the moratorium on the settlements for only three months. In tacit agreement that it was far better to get on with the peace process, neither Washington nor Jerusalem last week tried to trumpet the differences in viewpoint...
...demonstrate their anger, settlers from Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights snarled traffic in Jerusalem last week by staging a massive tractor drive-in. Later, a vociferous band of 2,000 protesters marched outside the Knesset waving banners that read WE BEG YOU NOT TO RETREAT FROM SINAI and BEGIN: ALWAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO RELY ON. Among the picketers were members of the 20 families that inhabit Ne'ot Sinai, one of 15 communities along the Mediterranean coast. The Ne'ot Sinai group was particularly angry with Begin: during a visit last year, he asked them...
...London, Scotland Yard detectives nabbed Astrid Proll, 31, wanted for taking part in the 1970 attack that freed Terrorist Andreas Baader. Scheduled to stand trial on attempted murder and bank robbery charges with others in the Baader-Meinhof gang, Proll had been released from custody for medical reasons and had jumped bail. When arrested, she was working at a government-sponsored vocational training school...
...housing boom could hurt if the Federal Reserve tightens credit much further in its battle against inflation. Last week the discount rate hit 8% and bank prime-interest rates reached 9¾%-in both cases the highest levels in nearly four years. Worried that tight credit might cause a recession, President Carter last week said he thought rates were "too high," and added that he hoped the Fed would soon be able to ease the squeeze...