Word: hawkishly
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...fearful-and the Arabs hopeful-of heavy postelection pressure on Jerusalem to withdraw from occupied territories. Beset by unrest on the West Bank, a faltering economy and a bitterly divided leadership, Israel could find such pressure intolerable. The Rabin government could fall and be replaced by a more hawkish administration that may embark Israel on aggressive and unpredictable action...
...oppose a relaxation of tensions with the West. In 1973, when détente had begun in earnest, Grechko was brought into the Politburo by Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev-a rare honor for any military man. Grechko's appointment was probably intended to reassure Moscow's hawkish factions, but observers believe that Grechko was all along a strong supporter of Brezhnev's policies, including détente...
...Kissinger sounded a bit oversensitive to criticism and unrealistic in expecting a consensus on world affairs in an election year, he nevertheless was focusing the debate on the more practical problems of global diplomacy. Though he mentioned no names, two of the hawkish critics he clearly had in mind reacted quickly. Said Republican Reagan: "I thought that in this country no public official was above and beyond public questioning." Democrat Jackson protested that Kissinger was the first Secretary of State in modern history to go "wandering around the country in the middle of the presidential primaries indulging in partisan politics...
Jackson's stands are especially appealing to labor, the elderly and much of the Jewish population. No one is more hawkish in defense of Israel, and he drafted the bill prohibiting most-favored-nation status for the Soviet Union unless it permitted more of its citizens to emigrate. The effort collapsed when Russia refused to go along. A large percentage of the $5 million in campaign funds that Jackson has collected to date is estimated to have come from Jewish sources...
Before Rabin flew to the U.S., Labor expected to win the next election handily. Now the Premier appears to be on a kind of political probation. Israeli voters are in a hawkish mood these days, even though hawkishness in the past has achieved far less for Israel than moderation and openness to negotiation. Remembering David Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir, Israelis seem to be looking for more charisma than Rabin can provide. Meanwhile, he is being pushed by his opposition. Shimon Peres has indicated that if he decides he cannot go along with any government policy, he will bolt...