Word: ev
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...saying peace would make cutting aid to Israel easier, right? Wrong. It's just the opposite. "Consider the northern front," explains Ze'ev Chafets, an Israeli journalist who served as spokesman for the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin. "If we give the Golan Heights back to Syria, we'll have to build expensive new defenses close by." Never mind that Israel could finance such projects itself; the post-peace game would be played differently. "If peace happens," says Chafets, "we'll be looking for more American money, not less -- just like we got from Jimmy Carter after we made peace...
...Ev'ry street cafe...
...this, the Administration deserves considerable credit. "Shamir was the roadblock, and the loan guarantees were Bush's stick," says Ze'ev Chafets, an Israeli journalist who served as Menachem Begin's spokesman. "Had Bush caved in to American Jewish pressures, Shamir would have been strengthened immeasurably. He would probably still be in power, and we'd still be stalemated...
...driving west with Vernon and two photographers--Ze'ev, a freelancer, and Mike Rondow, from the Knight-Ridder chain--on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. the busiest artery in Israel is deserted save for a few military jeeps whose drivers and passengers are dressed in combat-chemical suits. Vernon asks me what to do in case we are attacked on the highway. As if I know. But as a true Harvard son I give him an answer anyway. He then begins to talk about story ideas. I tune him out as my stomach begins to turn...
...sounds even louder, it seems, than it had yesterday morning. People are shouting "Tilim, tilim (missiles, missiles)!!" in the hallways. Army radio is on instantly. The routine is the same. Masks and down to the sealed room. I am about out the door headed down to 6, when Ze'ev and Mike (the two cameramen) rush into our room. 1424. They head straight for the balcony. I can't believe it. These guys want to take pictures of a missile attack from the open-air balcony! "You guys are fucking crazy," I said...