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...long-standing supporters of Israel's right to exist within secure and internationally recognized boundaries, we view the Begin and Sharon government's attempt to achieve a military solution to the Palestinian question as a grave threat to the moral fibre of Israel, to its place in the international community, and to its very future. Only negotiations, mutual recognition, and territorial compromise can guarantee Israel's future security as well as the Palestinian people's right to self-determination...
Ignoring these unpleasant facts would have had grave consequences. Some of our more militant leaders were already talking about plans to seize foreign oilfields by force if our supplies were cut off again. Many others deeply resented that the greatest nation on earth was being jerked around by a few desert states...
...parting statement, Bailey, 53, a 32-year veteran of the Tribune and its editor since 1972, condemned the layoffs as "a very serious mistake" that "will have grave consequences." Bailey said the reductions would make it "difficult to maintain, let alone improve" the paper's quality. Bailey, who was to step down by year's end to return to the paper's Washington bureau as a senior national correspondent, then announced that under the changed circumstances it would be "unthinkable" to remain in any capacity. His departure, he said, was "the only way to meet my obligations...
Holocaust, doomsday-the very words are beginning to slide glibly off our minds, Friedrich fears. From war-game scenarists on down, we are all in grave danger of becoming professional waiters-for-the-end. After being a text for religious and then philosophical consternation, "the idea of the end of the world has finally become an instrument of international propaganda," Friedrich writes...
After everybody had read the document, Begin said, "Sadat's original proposal and this one may decide the future of the people of Israel. There are positive elements in it; there are also some that could cause grave peril to our people." I pressed forward hurriedly. "This document avoids the difficult issue of total withdrawal from the West Bank, it gives you guaranteed access to the Strait of Tiran and through the Suez, freedom of movement of people across the borders, an undivided Jerusalem, an end to the boycott on trade and commerce, and a guarantee against the deployment...