Word: goodman
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...event that broke the Easter calm began at 9:10 a.m., when a man later identified by Israeli authorities as Allen Goodman, 37, an American immigrant who appeared to be an Israeli army reservist, approached the Band Ghanim gate to the Temple Mount. He was carrying a sleeping bag, a handbag and an M-16 automatic rifle. Arab guards, alarmed at the sight of the weapon, shouted Mam 'nua! (Forbidden!). Goodman opened fire, wounding one guard and hitting another with the butt of his rifle...
...shrine, is the traditional site where Abraham is said to have offered Isaac as a sacrifice. It is also the place from which, according to Muslim tradition, the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven on a horse. As an Arab guard attempted to block his entry to the mosque, Goodman shot and killed him, then fired wildly into a group of tourists who had raised their hands as a sign of surrender. A rain of shattered glass fell on the mosque's priceless Afghan and Iranian carpets. Moments later, when police arrived, they found Goodman hiding in a room beneath...
...diplomatic fallout from the Goodman incident is yet to be measured. The Israeli government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin has been planning to invade Lebanon again. But Goodman's attack makes Begin vulnerable to charges that Israel is irresponsible and militaristic, and that invasion may be called off. Moreover, the mosque slayings ironically increase pressure on Israel to withdraw from the Sinai by April 25--something the Israelis were beginning to hesitate about. Here again, the Israelis are on the defensive and must demonstrate their good faith internationally...
...domestic policy. Israeli officials have always pointed proudly to their record in protecting Islamic holy places as a justification for their control of East Jerusalem. This calm has grown increasingly tense, especially since there are reports that soldiers gratuitously lobbed tear gas into the mosque well after Goodman had been arrested. Arabs have never trusted the Israelis to safeguard their mosques--now they may take more militant action to regain control...
...GOODMAN'S ATTACK offers a vivid example of the extremism fostered by the Israelis uncompromising attitude--what Defense Minister Ariel Sharon calls the "will to live." It should therefore make Israelis take stock and reassess their country's intransigence. By basing their nation's survival upon military force and repression, Israelis are skirting future disaster--and risking the betrayal of the Zionist principles of social justice upon which their nation was founded. In other words, "the evil will to live" may ultimately bring about willful self-destruction. Israel's true security--its liberation--can only be maintained if the country...