Word: extremists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...criticism of Israel today is based on knowledge of the sad truths the Begin government's uncompromising policies have created in the Middle East. To call that criticism anti-Semitic is to inject venom into a vital public debate, one that ought to be as free as possible of extremist rhetoric. Equating criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism is certainly as wrong-headed as equating Zionism with racism. Neither illogical leap covers any distance towards the paramount goal--a just and permanent peace for both Israelis and Palestinians...
...made clear in our introductory remarks yesterday, it is very true that "Common Ground" does not present "a full spectrum of opinions" on these issues. It is not clear, however, how that fact affects the event's legitimacy. A series of angry, polemical arguments presenting extremist views would not, in our opinion, lend itself to the atmosphere of conciliation and compromise that we hoped to create in this conference. Our aim was education through discussion, not point-counterpoint. This does not mean that our speakers are "homogeneous": every MEEP organizational meeting was characterized by heated debate over the choice...
...drive in a bulletproof car from Beirut to Jounieh, a seaside town north of the capital, and board a U.S. helicopter for Larnaca in Cyprus. Then he would catch a flight to Tel Aviv. As the negotiations edged toward a settlement, U.S. intelligence agents picked up reports that an extremist splinter group of the P.L.O., run by George Habash, intended to assassinate the envoy. The faction opposed a P.L.O. withdrawal from Beirut. Habib spent one night in the shelter of the residence of U.S. Ambassador Robert S. Dillon in Yarze, southeast of Beirut. Habib also had to break off talks...
...majority of the world's 6.5 million Armenians* deplore the terror tactics of the extremist groups, who experts believe have less than 1,000 members. Last week the Armenian Patriarch in Istanbul, Shnork Kaloustian, issued a plea to Armenians everywhere to "disown these misguided and fanatical elements." Still, hatred for the Turks has festered over the years in the face of indifference in most parts of the world to the Armenian national tragedy...
...road American politician. He is moderate only in comparison with such immoderates as Gaddafi and Khomeini. On any other scale, Arafat, who has advocated the elimination of Israel, and who is probably the person most responsible for the proliferation of worldwide terrorism, would be recognized as the extremist that...