Word: ben
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...backdrop to the Israel Arah conflict within Israel's borders has to be seen in the context of what is going on now within the dominant camp the Jewish society in Israel. And the back ground to the Jewish camp, Holocaust survivor Ben Don believes, is the army...
Everyone serves in the Israeli army, though only men till the combat positions. This his psychological and political effects, Ben-Dori says, "Young-sters are full of ideas. The army makes them grown-up, deep-thinking." Also, the army is a cultural common dedominator in a country of immigrants. And since what the government decides may determine whether one or one's children will die or live in peace, Israelis are more concerned with and feel a more personal stake in politics than we do here...
...Reuben Ben-Dori claims Israel has a historic quest, he seems part of an older generation of romantic settlers. He proudly boasts of having brought the first tractor to the Holy Land. Young citizens though even on an traditionally idealistic kibbutz, are not prone to Biblical visions of a "greater Israel." Shalom, 28 years old, says "We have a state because we're strong. That...
ISRAELS ARE also wary of allowing the world to see that there are splits within society and politics there. As Ben-Dori says, the Arabs only respect strength, not weakness--and this is achieved through unity. He feels the peace was possible after the 1967 war, but that Israel missed its chance because of heavy infighting within the then-ruling Labor Party. Division is the country's biggest mistake and weakness, he says. A taxi driver in Jerusalem agrees, but for different reasons. "I was in Lebanon for 40 days. When I come back, I want there to be peace...
Kenton Jernigan(H) d. Greg Zaff, 3-0; Tom Harity(W) d. Jim Lubowitz, 3-1; Richard Jackson(H) d. Billy Now, 3-0; Spencer Brog(H) d. Jamie King, 3-1; Peter Dinneen(H) d. Doug Robie, 3-1; Ben Thompson(W) d. David Segal, 3-2; Mike Mack(H) d.B.Little, 3-1; Joe Dowling(H) d. Peter Doucette, 3-0; Kevin Jernigan(H) d. Sam Fortinbaugh...