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arsenal. The Daily claimed that Israel has an unspecified number of nuclear-tipped, mobile Jericho II intermediate-range ballistic missiles based in the Negev desert and on the Golan Heights. The Daily also said that Israel possesses nuclear artillery shells. If true, that would mean Israel's atomic capability has been drastically underestimated. Jerusalem had no comment on the newsletter's claims...
Established in 1939 as a cozy little celebration of film art, the festival is now a giant bazaar, full of hagglers and houris, that draws 35,000 visitors each May. Israeli-born Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, now based in Los Angeles, set up shop at the posh Carlton Hotel, and by the end of the 13-day festival their company, the Cannon Group, had cut $65 million worth of movie deals. Or was it $90 million? When money talks in this town, the details sometimes get lost in translation...
...states of Jordan and Palestine." Though the accord does not specifically demand the creation of a separate Palestinian state, it offers little incentive to Israel to enter negotiations. Hussein and Arafat call upon Israel to withdraw from all occupied Arab territory--the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights--but do not promise to recognize Israel in return. While the accord vaguely alludes to a "comprehensive peace" based on U.N. resolutions, it does not specifically refer to Security Council Resolution 242, which implicitly acknowledges Israel's right to exist within secure borders...
...policeman of the region. We made it clear we don't link our unilateral decision to anything the Syrians do. They want to stay in Lebanon, let them stay. Militarily, for Israel, I would prefer to see two divisions in Lebanon than the whole Syrian army on the Golan Heights. I know that whoever sets his foot in Lebanon has sunk into the Lebanese (swamp). They want it, let them enjoy it. We want one thing: that they do not move closer to our borders. That...
...plush film festival. We get the P.L.O." So the old fellow is up on Yasser Arafat and the contemporary mess in the Middle East? Yes and no. When Heller wants to try for irony, he keeps David in the dark: "I put garrisons in Damascus and in the Golan heights, and I knew that the Syrians would never again be a problem for the children of Israel...