Word: expansionists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is the opposite of what Israel does and has done over the years. Although firm and vital-and described as "special" -Israel's relationship with the United States never prevented her from sacrificing American interests to serve her own ambitious and expansionist plans. This is a fact that the whole world has recently realized, and I hope America has adequately realized it too. I believe that the United States has a big responsibility, not only as a superpower that should promote the establishment of peace in this region but also toward herself and her interests in this important...
...cabinet's action may also have the effect of alienating many of Israel's supporters in America. Continued adherence to the present settlements policy can only serve to substantiate charges that Israel is militaristic and expansionist. In fighting for the settlements Israel may gain not security, but international pariah status, and a loss of the diplomatic and military support without which it cannot at present survive...
What can be done? The OECD recommends prompt efforts by West Germany and Japan, two "locomotive" economies, to speed up growth. Since Japan is already trying to stimulate its economy, the obvious target of the OECD appeal is West Germany, which has consistently rejected expansionist economic policies. At the same time, West Germany has built up a giant $16.7 billion trade surplus that has left the deutsche mark vulnerable to revaluation on the world's money markets. Indeed, because of the recent slide of the dollar, the increased value of the mark is beginning to crimp the country...
Soares' basic strategy was to play off the opposition parties against each other in order to get a majority vote. But eventually, the Social Democrats and the C.D.S., both of which favor an expansionist economic policy, found it intolerable to support policies that they had no role in formulating. The crunch issue was a proposed $1.5 billion loan from a consortium of Western countries and the International Monetary Fund. The conservative opposition accused Soares of yielding too easily to the IMF's insistence on such restrictions as low economic growth (1%), devaluation of the escudo and other austerity...
...Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al Faisal, insisted that his country will back every effort to set up a Palestinian state on the West Bank and in Gaza. The Arab states, he said, will push for a United Nations resolution-which almost certainly will pass-condemning Israel's "expansionist" policy of creating new Jewish settlements on the West Bank. The hardening stance on both sides does not bode well for President Carter's talks later this month with foreign ministers of the Arab states and Israel when they arrive for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly...