Word: east
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over a dozen whites have escaped conviction for fatal or near-fatal assaults against unarmed, solitary blacks. Of those who have been apprehended for these crimes, several have stood trial posing as the sole perpetrators of mob acts which involved scores of people. Approximately 10 whites were arrested at East Boston's most recent demonstration-cum-riot; only five whites were arrested in connection with the firebombing of a black family in East Boston last year. In both cases, observers estimated crowds of over 200 participants...
Connally grounds his views in nationalism: we should begin to support policies based on "American Interests"--not on the interests of the Jewish lobby. This logic makes the entire proposal invidious. Connally charges that unpatriotic Jews in Washington are trying to prevent the completion of a Middle East settlement. In effect, Connally proposes that it is high time we unhooked the Jewish lobby yoke from aroung the American neck and we begin to pursue our real national interests...
JOHN CONNALLY HAS PLAYED his cards. He has exposed the hand he plans to use in his bid to capture the Republican nomination for president. In his speech last week to the National Press Club he proposed linking American policy in the Middle East to the price of oil--a clear anti-Israel stance. This political gamble will certainly infuriate Jewish organizations, and, more importantly, will damage American interests in the Middle East...
Secondly, Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East. Attacks designed to disparage Israel are ultimately aimed at democracy in general and the United States in particular...
Thirdly, the U.S. has clearcut strategic amd military reasons to remain committed to Israel--it needs a listening post in the Middle East and a military post in its oil route, the Persian Gulf...