Word: binyamin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three-member tribunal appointed by Brigadier General Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli military commander for the West Bank, then reviewed the case; last week it was announced that Shak'a's deportation order had been annulled. Among the "many considerations" involved in the turnabout, General Ben-Eliezer explained, were "the welfare of the city of Nablus and the welfare of Mr. Shaka'a's family." He might have added that the well-being of Begin's embattled government had also been a factor. In fact, nobody seemed happier with Ben-Eliezer's decision than...
...members of Gush Emunim, most of whom supported Likud in the election, believe that all of ancient Samaria and Judea (meaning the entire West Bank) is part of Eretz Israel, and they intend to create "new facts" for the Jewish state by building even more new communities there. Says Binyamin Katzover, a founder of the Kaddum settlement: "In my life and the life of our people there have been three turning points: the establishment of the state of Israel, the Six-Day War, and now the assumption of power by nationalists. We represent the people. Most do not want...