Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Divinity" [Feb. 27]. It is not easy to do a story of this nature, and yet your magazine has succeeded in presenting very clearly a difficult subject in terms that are readily understood. I particularly appreciated the objective manner in which the article approaches this delicate area of Christian theology and living faith...
Once the fighting is over, the Israelis would probably withdraw some combat troops but leave a large enough force to secure the buffer zone in an effort to reduce the number of terrorist raids from the north. Later, they would probably be prepared to give way to Christian Lebanese soldiers (who oppose the Palestinians), or to U.N. peacekeeping forces, or to a combination of the two. But actually, the Israelis have declared de facto control over a strip of southern Lebanon, and it looks as if they intend to retain some kind of presence. As an Egyptian foreign ministry official...
...invading Israelis were greeted with enthusiasm in towns populated by Christian Lebanese, who hate the Palestinians and view them as occupying forces. At the same time, Israeli intelligence made contact with Christian Lebanese leaders in the north and asked them not to seize the occasion of the fighting in the south to launch new attacks against the Syrian army and Palestinian fighters in Beirut and the north; if they did, it might force Syria to respond to the Israeli invasion. The Syrians were disinclined to do so, since their forces are no match for the Israelis', but at week...
...might even turn into a major economic blow against Israel as well. The attack, said an Al-Fatah commander who had helped to plan it, was designed not only to derail the Cairo-Jerusalem peace talks but also to raise havoc with the tourist trade in Israel during the Christian Holy Week and over Easter. Last week, indeed, the P.L.O. issued a warning through its official news agency, WAFA, that Christian pilgrims should stay away from Jerusalem's traditional holy places during the Easter religious rites because "several operations are planned for that time...
...confidence that for the first time in three decades would bring Italy's Communist Party into the parliamentary majority. Just as the oaths were being completed, an official raced up with a message. Andreotti's face froze. The news: Aldo Moro, 61, chairman of the ruling Christian Democratic Party and a five-time past Premier, had been kidnaped moments before in a machine-gun ambush. A commando team of twelve terrorists had shot and killed five police bodyguards, grabbed Moro and escaped into city traffic...