Word: bethlehem
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...they please. But Jordan is the only Palestine there will ever be. The people of Jordan are Palestinian. They were Palestinian before the British put King Hussein's family there; they are Palestinians now, the same families we have in our Arab cities and countryside -- Jenin, Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem. They will be Palestinian in the future. It is like Greece. They got a nice Danish, German, British King. But it was Greece before that, Greece when they had the beautiful King, and it is Greece now. Jordan is 77% of Palestine, as it was under the British until they...
...most efficient mills in the world, but this one is not owned by the West Germans or Japanese. This is the Gary flagship of USX, the largest U.S. steel producer. And its success is no fluke. Twelve miles down the road, in Burns Harbor, Bethlehem Steel operates a mill that is every bit as competitive...
...resurgent Japanese steel industry has cut its work force 18% in the past three years, to 228,000. Europe's steel industry, subsidized to the tune of $57 billion since 1975, is now largely self-sufficient owing to higher productivity. Because of such moves, says Walter Williams, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, "we'll never be able to go back to the good old days." Big Steel has finally realized that the less comfortable it is, the brighter its future will...
Although Arafat has "renounced" terrorism, he holds fast to his support for violence. When Bethlehem mayor Elias Freij proposed a truce in the intifadah to provide an opportunity for negotiation, Arafat countered with this threat: "Any Palestinian who proposes an end to the intifadah exposes himself to the bullets of his own people and endangers his life. The PLO will know how to deal with him." So much for words of peace...
...mayor of Bethlehem said in his pre-Christmas truce proposal, "Jews and Arabs are destined to live in this country together forever. Let's follow the wisdom of Solomon the Great. Israel is to have its part and the Palestinians to have their part of the Holyland...