Word: belief
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...jury seemed to base its decision on the belief that Boeing had not proceeded vigorously enough in investigating Mr. Gibbs’ discrimination claim,” Beck said. “But the claims of racial discrimination were investigated by our people. They did not find any basis...
Ariel Sharon's belief that the Jews of France belong in Israel and ought to get there as soon as possible lest they fall victim to anti-Semitism gone wild has opened a major diplomatic row between France and Israel. But it's also a signal of deeper tensions on the question whether it is the "manifest destiny" of the almost two-thirds of the world's Jewish population who live outside of Israel to emigrate to that country to help maintain a Jewish majority...
...comments is not hard to see: One of the questions asked in the ADL survey as a measure of anti-Semitic attitudes was whether the survey's respondents agreed with the statement "Jews are more loyal to Israel than their own country." Sharon left no doubt about his belief that they ought...
...belief in "manifest destiny" even over the preferences of Jews who choose to live elsewhere is driven not so much by pure ideology as it is by the demographic concerns of the Israeli leadership. Based on the territory currently under its control, Arabs will eclipse Jews as the majority inside Israel in the next ten to twenty years. Demographic concerns have prompted Ariel Sharon, since he first took office, to repeatedly stress his desire to bring 1 million Jews to Israel in the next ten years. But these days, of course, they're proving difficult to find...
...next CIA director "true control over intelligence personnel and budgets all across the government." A top Democratic campaign official told TIME that, if elected, Kerry would name a Defense Secretary who would agree to give up the military's current control of 90% of the intelligence budget. In the belief that such broad changes need bipartisan support, Kerry wants that Pentagon chief to be a Republican. Of course, in Washington, such talk is easy. Reform is hard...