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...Israel, and a noisy minority led by the right-wing Herut Party and the Communists decided to vent it on Strauss. They urged the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, to cancel the visit and declare that Strauss was unwelcome. When the Knesset refused, street demonstrations broke out in Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But Ben-Gurion stood firm. When Strauss landed at Tel Aviv-a day late, in hopes of avoiding a scene-his plane was surrounded by scores of police; three bodyguards were posted outside his hotel room. The Bavarian took the commotion in stride. After all, he admitted...
According to the 19-month calendar followed by the worldwide religion known as Bahai, the first day of this week was the 13th of Jalal, in the year 120. It was a red-letter day in the lives of Bahai's 2,000,000 followers. In Haifa, Israel, 504 leaders of the sect gathered to elect by secret ballot nine of their members who will form a Universal House of Justice. After the results are announced to the first world congress of Bahai in London next week, the House will have infallible powers to legislate for the faithful...
Today the blacklist is full of loopholes. Arab countries do business with airlines that also service Israel. Rather than lose tourist trade, Arabs now allow cruise ships to dock at their ports after stopping at Haifa. Cairo shops still sell Sinatra records, though Frankie's "pro-Israel" tendencies have kept him on the blacklist for years. Last week the boycott received the gravest blow yet. It involved a U.S. freighter that had been blacklisted for previous stops in Israel. When the ship arrived in Beirut harbor with 2,400 tons of wheat for the Palestinian Arab refugees, powerful voices...
...when the festival's star performer strode onto the makeshift, wood-planked stage. Master Cellist Pablo Casals, a sprightly 84, brought concertgoers leaping from their rough-hewn seats in a rising ovation. The aging artist beamed. "Where did all those people come from?" he asked. They came from Haifa to the north, from kibbutzim in the shadow of Mount Carmel, from army headquarters in Tel Aviv-and they came chiefly to hear Pablo Casals...
...mesmerizing performance and an eerily effective rendition of Beethoven's Trio in D Major (the "Ghost" Trio) by Violinist Stern, Pianist Eugene Istomin and Cellist Leonard Rose were the high points of Israel's month-long festival. But there were other triumphs. Staged at seven sites from Haifa to the Revivim kibbutz, the festival drew 56,000 people to 23 concerts. In Tel Aviv, 500 music lovers who could not squeeze into the already-packed 3,000-seat Mann Auditorium were chased by police from a parapet outside the second floor. In Jerusalem, an opening-night crowd...