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...Syria. His present link with Syria is largely symbolic and may well collapse, as the others did, in recrimination. In 1973 Gaddafi ordered an Egyptian submarine, temporarily under his command in Libyan waters, to torpedo the Queen Elizabeth II, which was carrying hundreds of Jews from Southampton to Haifa to celebrate Israel's 25th anniversary. Sadat, who was then still on speaking terms with Gaddafi, countermanded the order. Over the past decade, Gaddafi has continually tried to get hold of an atom bomb?so far with no success, although Libya has two small nuclear facilities (one built by the Soviets...
...four-author thesis has come under a powerful new attack. The ancient view, it seems, is supported by that most modern deity of omniscience, the computer. Bible Scholar Yehuda Radday of Haifa's Israel Institute of Technology reports that a five-year computer study of Genesis shows that it is the work of a single writer and that the J.E.P.D. theory must be "rejected or at least thoroughly revised...
Some 80% of the population of Jordan is Palestinian. Most of the prominent members of the government are Palestinian Arabs-the same Arabs who are living in Galilee, in Nazareth, in Haifa. The only strangers are the members of the Hashemite Kingdom [ruled by King Hussein...
...cooperation after the summit meeting ended. Any agreement will probably include the pre-positioning of medical supplies in Israel for U.S. forces, making any emergency move easier; joint U.S.-Israeli naval exercises; and increased access by Israel to U.S. military intelligence. Also under consideration was the possible use of Haifa as a base for U.S. naval forces. Well aware that moderate Arab states will be less than pleased by closer U.S.-Israeli military ties, Secretary Haig stressed that this relationship was "parallel to the kind of things potentially available to them at some point...
...trying to stay in "good water." His eyes dart with worry as the Cavalier passes points that were mapped with sailors' lives: Icy Cape, Skull Cliff, Deadman's Island. Legs braced, he peers at the radar as Second Mate Rod Doe, 22, calls out compass bearings. Haifa mile in front, another tug, Navigator, comes across shallow water and its tow chains drag along the bottom, kicking up swirling brown puffs of gravel and mud. Minutes later, when Cavalier's tow chains drag, the entire boat shudders and bucks like a horse suddenly reined tight. The crew grimaces...