Word: haifa
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...proclaimed himself the Promised One, or Messiah, in 1863; his followers became known as Baha'is. He replaced the Babis' militant zeal with strict nonviolence. Baha'u'llah spent many of his final years in a Turkish prison or under house arrest near present-day Haifa, Israel. There the Baha'is built his tomb and established their world headquarters. This tenuous connection with Israel further inflames Muslim suspicions...
...same time, Arafat's forces in Tripoli were putting the six Israelis aboard a fishing boat, which took them to a French vessel offshore. They were then transferred to an Israeli naval vessel, which sailed south to the Israeli port of Haifa. From there they were flown to Sde Dov airport, near Tel Aviv, where they received a tumultuous reception from relatives and well-wishers. Once the Israeli prisoners were known to be safe, the Israeli government ordered the release in Lebanon of the remaining 3,500 Arab prisoners. Israel also returned the P.L.O.'s archives, which...
...money for the next generation of Israeli warships. As a return on its investment South Africa will cream off the first four or five new boats as they are produced in 1979-80. Forty South African engineers and technicians are now watching over the work at the Haifa shipyards...
...Israel offered to treat the wounded at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, which has long experience in handling war injuries and is about 30 minutes away from Beirut by helicopter, but the help was turned down. U.S. military officials decided, correctly as it turned out, that their own facilities, including medical evacuation planes, were sufficient. Washington may also have felt that acceptance of Israeli aid, if it was not crucial, would needlessly anger the Arab world. The U.S. Marines did accept body bags from the Israelis...
Unhindered now by the British, the refugee ship Andria brought 360 immigrants into Haifa. Other ships brought war supplies to Tel Aviv. The new government announced its adherence to the principles of the U.N. Charter. At 21 minutes past midnight, Palestine time, President Truman announced: "The U.S. Government recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new state of Israel...