Word: gushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bank as a "liberated" (rather than "occupied") territory, it is likely that he will approve of more Israeli settlements there if he becomes Premier. Shortly after Likud won last month's election, Begin made a ceremonial visit to Kaddum, a West Bank development sponsored by nationalist zealots of Gush Emunim (group of the faithful) that had never been approved by the Labor government. The devoutly religious members of Gush Emunim, most of whom supported Likud in the election, believe that all of ancient Samaria and Judea (meaning the entire West Bank) is part of Eretz Israel, and they intend...
...Gush Emunim pioneers, Kaddum is only the beginning: eventually they hope to build a new Jewish city in the middle of ancient Samaria. More small communities like Kaddum are in the planning stage. "We are preparing for ten new settlements in the next six months," says Yosef Arziel, a leader of the movement. Another Gush Emunim spokesman, Chanan Porot, insists that the West Bank is big enough to support both Jews and Arabs. But, he adds, "the policy toward the Arabs should be changed. Either they must accept full Israeli citizenship with all rights and duties or leave the country...
...first post-election public appearance at Alon Moreh (meaning the Oak Landmark), a settlement named after the first place Abraham lived when he arrived in the Promised Land. The modern Alon Moreh, considered illegal because the government did not approve it, is a settlement of nationalist zealots belonging to Gush Emunim (Group of the Faithful) that had braved the hostility of Arab neighbors for 18 months...
Jerusalem, in Israeli terms, is nonnegotiable. Elsewhere in the occupied territories, 80 Israeli settlements have been established with more on the way. Two weeks ago, Israel's government authorized the first official settlement in Masha, not far from an unauthorized, thriving settlement that Jewish hard-liners of the Gush Enumin (Group of the Faithful) set up at Kaddum. The Israeli government intends to establish at least eight more settlements in occupied territory within the next year...
Aside from that, all he has as presented here is his dubious wit and reputation as a drinking man--the best known in America since W.C. Fields, the authors gush. He brags endlessly about his phenomenal partying abilities--his "cast iron stomach," beer for breakfast, minnow swallowing, guzzling at the banquet podium...