Word: dovishness
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Fragile Coalition. The Israeli attitude may yet frustrate the latest round of talks. Prior to Kissinger's visit, even some dovish politicians in Jerusalem were coming round to the hawk point of view that the country gave up too much for what it received during previous negotiations. On the Golan Heights, for instance, many Israelis feel that they should have held onto the provincial capital of Quneitra instead of returning it to the Syrians. Officially, Premier Rabin was authorized by his Cabinet to conclude only what Jerusalem called a thirty-fifty deal-a military pullback in the Sinai...
...consistently ignored party apparatchiks and rarely sat in on their caucuses. The party is now so deeply in debt-an estimated $4 million-that its headquarters in Tel Aviv has trouble paying its telephone bills. Ironically, according to some critics, the chances of peace might actually improve if the dovish Rabin were replaced by either Peres or Dayan, both of whom have reputations as hawks. The theory is that a noted hard-liner would be better able than Rabin to convince the Israelis that they will have to give up not only large parts of the Sinai, which even opposition...
Within this turmoil, as might well be expected, the political divisions in the country are deeper than ever before. Premier Yitzhak Rabin's government is under fire from a small but articulate dovish-left and a powerful right. And the government, considered the most dovish in Israel's history, also fails to enjoy the clear support of some of the most powerful figures within Rabin's own Labor Party, notably Moshe Dayan and Abba Eban...
...Communications Minister Shimon Peres, 51, takes over Defense from Moshe Dayan. But Rabin has appointed others, including five newcomers, who may tilt Israel's new government toward more flexible dealings with Arab nations. Perhaps his most controversial Cabinet choice is Mrs. Shulamit Aloni, 45, head of the dovish Citizens Rights Movement, who advocates the return of most occupied Arab lands in exchange for a Middle East peace accord. Mrs. Aloni's appointment as Minister Without Portfolio makes her the second woman to serve in an Israeli government...
...Lisbon. In Lourenço Marques, capital of Mozambique, crowds gathered outside newspaper offices to buy up papers as they came off the presses. There was some concern in Lisbon that the hawkish commanders of either Angola or Mozambique might join with white settlers in defiance of the new dovish regime. But when they were fired, both men submitted quietly...