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...intransigence toward the Palestinians is not the only cause of the unprecedented wave of criticism. Division and anxiety are also increasing over Israel's military ties to South Africa and the venturesome foreign policy that led to the Iran- contra affair and the Pollard spy case. There is outright disgust with the vulnerability of Israel's political system to the demands of fanatical ultra- Orthodox sects, as demonstrated last month by the ability of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, an 88-year-old Brooklyn rabbi, to derail the Labor Party's attempt to form a government. Last week, after Labor leader Shimon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Agony Over Israel | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

...teachers in the southwestern city of Halle sat smoking cigarettes and talking about the balloting. Fred Hichert, an engineering instructor, said his vote for the victorious Christian Democratic Union was not only a bid for the quick melding of the two German economies but also a sign of his disgust with the long-ruling Communists. "They've had 40 years to test out their theories," he said. "Look at what they gave us." He gestured toward a crumbling row of apartments. A few blocks away, in Halle's central market place, the CDU's campaign promise of quick prosperity seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Germanys Death of a Republic | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

During the entire 15 minutes, not a single person even looked the man in the face. Instead, people averted their eyes and hurried past, thinly masking their pity, disgust and scorn. Each person who passed without acknowledging the man's presence heaped insult upon his injury...

Author: By Laura E. Smith, | Title: Just Say 'Hello' | 3/21/1990 | See Source »

...Disgust is rampant among baseball fans. "I'll still go to the games, but I won't cheer and I won't yell," one fan wrote in a letter to The Sporting News. "I'll just sit and watch. I won't say a word...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: A Sad Sports Fan Returns to Reality | 3/16/1990 | See Source »

...kill her too?" the heckler yelled. Weld, who has said he supports a woman's right to have an abortion, ignored the comment. But a host of Weld delegates surrounded the man with the baby and shouted him back into the crowd, as others looked on with indignation and disgust...

Author: By Erik M. Weitzman, | Title: GOP Takes Center Ring at Convention Circus | 3/13/1990 | See Source »

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