Word: generall
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eliav, former secretary-general of the Israeli Labour Party and later chairman of the "Sheli" or peace movement, states his solution to the Palestinian question in simple terms: "I am for halfing the loaf," he says. "We have all the loaf now--we should give the Palestinians their land and let them determine what they want, once they have recognized the state of Israel and agreed to live side by side...
Eliav, who served in the Jewish underground from 1936-40 and later smuggled refugees out of Europe, says he understands why many of his countrymen want to hold on to the West Bank. "Jews in general have a right to traumas. They have been through seven wars and the Holocaust, and suspicions run very, very deep...
While supporters of President Carter say a Kennedy challenge could make the Democratic nominee vulnerable in the general election, Kennedy said past contests have "energized the party...
Other forbidden works included The Arts of David Levine, with a caricature of Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev. When it was shown that Levine also lampooned American politicians, Ramaz Mchelidze, deputy general director of the fair, observed without irony, "We have different customs." Publishers may profit from the difference - which might explain their unwillingness, despite loud harrumphs, to pull out of the fair. In the '40s, getting a book banned in Boston was tantamount to a free ride on the bestseller list. Being maligned in Moscow may provide an equally large audience...
...University acquired the Riesman Center building about ten years ago. It had housed the defunct Iroquois Club--ironically, one of the few finals clubs to accept Jews before World War I, Rosovsky said. More recently it was the site of Sanctuary, a haven for "street people," Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said yesterday...