Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...intransigence for much of the frustration. Since January, as a result, the White House strategy?as Israeli supporters in the U.S. are angrily aware?has been a deliberate, escalating diplomatic offensive to nudge Israel toward negotiations that could lead to both peace and a Palestinian state on the West Bank. Simultaneously, the Administration has been trying to push the P.L.O. toward recognition of Israel...
...clear and tough, and he had some barbs for both President Carter and Secretary of State Vance. "We are being told by Carter and Vance that if we want peace, we must accept the Arab terms-we must give up the Golan Heights, the Sinai and the West Bank. Maybe there will be peace if we do all that-but there will be no Israel. We are not going to accept this...
Then he took up the subject of the Palestinians, whom he usually referred to as "refugees," and wondered aloud why the Arabs, with all their money, "can't take care of their own." He said the idea of a Palestinian state on the West Bank was nothing less than "sowing the seeds for future destruction. We will not accept the P.L.O. We will not talk to them. We will not negotiate with them. We will not accept the American position that we talk to them. And we will go to Geneva only with the understanding that the U.S.Soviet joint...
Using concepts such as "sleeping" or "suspended" sovereignty and optionally exercised jurisdiction, Blum argued that for the last ten years Israel should have emphasized its legal sovereignty in the West Bank. In this way, he said, any negotiated adjustment of borders is recognized as a substantive concession rather than as a termination of occupied foreign territory...
...Money, or F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Man is broke, but dreams of success. Man works hard, makes lots of money, seeks beautiful, high-status wife. Man discovers that success he finally gains leaves him, in the end, unfulfilled and unloved. The large balance in his bank account cannot ensure his emotional well-being...