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...Lord Soames became Governor of Zimbabwe Rhodesia last Dec. 12, some 21,600 guerrillas have flocked into Commonwealth monitoring camps in observance of the ceasefire. But Soames has been attacked for many of his political decisions-such as permitting South African troops to remain at the border crossing of Beit Bridge, and using armed "auxiliaries" in remote rural areas. Last week, in his first interview as Governor, Soames spent 75 minutes with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter discussing some of the problems he faces. McWhirter'sreport...
...Beirut, Lebanon, the Palestinian guerrilla group Fatah yesterday claimed responsibiltiy for a "large-scale" attack on Israeli-held positions south of Beit Shean, apparently referring to the same attack described by the Israelis...
...most flagrant recent example of harassment occurred at Beit Jala (pop. 8,200) two months ago, during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon:* some 50 Israeli troops surrounded a school, ordered the students to close the windows, and then lobbed canisters of CS antiriot gas into the classrooms. Some students leaped 18 ft. to the rocky ground below. Ten were hospitalized with fractures. Military authorities at first denied the incident, but Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman pressed his own investigation and found it to be true. He removed Brigadier General David Hagoel, 49, as military governor of the West Bank...
...Beit Jala incident gained national attention in Israel when it was reported by TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff, who was the first journalist to investigate the episode. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, citing a "thorough" probe of the matter, heatedly maintained that there was "no truth whatsoever" in TIME's account. Israelis accepted that explanation. The Tel Aviv daily Ma'ariv implied, falsely, that Neff had never visited Beit Jala...
Said Ma'ariv last week: "It is hard to say which is more serious, the deeds that were perpetrated in the Beit Jala school in contravention of orders and of any human decency, or the attempt to escape responsibility by a false report." No less surprised were the West Bank Arabs. Said Jabra Arag, a Beit Jala physician: "It is a great credit to Weizman that even in occupation, democracy can prevail...