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...occasion of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. "Anything that contributes, no matter how little, to better the position of the aggressor is a mistake." It seems moreover, especially two-faced of Mitterrand, since he saw fit to postpone immediately a scheduled visit to Israel after the annexation of the Golan Heights and yet saw no reason to delay the signing of the gas deal...
...facing this arrogance of power, this unlimited American help to Israel. And, I am sorry to say, I have to remember that after this big insult from [Israeli Prime Minister Menachem] Begin to President Reagan [over U.S. objections to Israel's virtual annexation of the Golan Heights last December], it was Reagan who retreated...
...Middle East on a trip that was delayed last month by the imposition of martial law in Poland. His visit to Israel is also a fence-mending mission, an effort to repair some of the damage caused by Israel's de facto annexation last month of the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War. When the Reagan Administration criticized the Israeli action, Prime Minister Menachem Begin lashed out at Washington, accusing the U.S. of treating Israel like "a banana republic...
...West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. Israel has already reaffirmed its commitment to withdrawal by April 26, and Washington in turn has told Israel that the U.S. will veto any U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for sanctions against the Israelis because of their annexation of the Golan Heights...
Despite the Israeli government's commitment to the Sinai withdrawal the subject is a controversial one at home. In fact, Begin's annexation of the Golan Heights was, to some extent, a way of reassuring Israel's ultranationalists who have angrily protested the pullback from the Sinai. Last week, by a vote of five to four (with many abstentions), the Israeli Cabinet set aside $250 million to be divided among the 1,400 Jewish families who will be obliged to vacate their homes, farms and businesses in the Sinai. The debate over the generous compensation, which ranges...