Word: claimed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...preliminary army probe determined that 15-year-old Tirza Porat died from a bullet fired by Aldubi's M-16 rifle. Settlers claim she was shot either by an Arab who took the rifle or by an Arab with another weapon. Israeli officers have said they believe Aldubi accidentally fired the fatal shot in panic...
...indeed disheartening that Mr. Schwaber felt the need to rely on hackneyed arguments: those who claim to be fighting for Palestinian rights are secretly seeking the destruction of the Jewish state, Palestinians are terrorist aggressors, the SAS supports terrorism, and the PLO is nothing but a terrorist organization. Fortunately, Americans are becoming more aware of the hollowness behind such accusations in light of Israel's violent responses to the current uprising. At least 123 Palestinians have been shot, beaten or tear gassed to death. Four Palestinians have been deported from their homeland, thousands of others arrested without charge. Telephone lines...
ISRAEL should not be free from critical examination, but it also should not be censured for exercising its right as a state to keep order within its territories. Obviously the Palestinians have a valid claim to an independent state on the West Bank and in Gaza, and I hope that they get it. However, these areas currently belong to Israel, and as much as the Palestinians have a right to protest against Israeli rule, the State of Israel has a right to impose order...
...employees have received invitations to these "information" meetings with the notation that their "managers have been made aware of the day and time of these meetings and join me in encouraging you to attend." Often the departmental Personnel Representative sits in on these meetings, a presence which some employees claim discourages them from asking tough questions of the University representative...
Pretoria did claim responsibility last week for a cross-border attack on what it said was an A.N.C. guerrilla transit facility, situated twelve miles inside Botswana. South African forces staged a postmidnight raid on the house, shot to death four people asleep inside, including at least two Botswanan women, and escaped by helicopter after fire bombing the target. Said Defense Minister General Magnus Malan: "It is the policy of the South African government to combat terror wherever it may occur...