Word: hebrew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...precisely because its people could not agree on the proper role of religion in the state. Some see the conflict, in fact, as a healthy process that renews Judaism. "The Orthodox Jews have a lot of nuisance power but no real power," says David Hartman, a philosophy professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. For Hartman, the real question is how Judaism can be practiced in a pluralistic society. "How does Judaism accommodate people in a state where 90% of its citizens do not accept Halakhah?" he says. "The Orthodox
...assassination of three West Bank Arab mayors in June 1980 and an assault last summer on Hebron's Islamic University in which three Arabs were killed and 33 wounded. Responsibility for the latest West Bank machine gunning was claimed by a unit of the clandestine organization TNT, a Hebrew abbreviation for Terror Against Terror...
...driving alon the Jordanian border in the South, our tour guide mentioned that the border was very safe, and that there had been no problems with terrorists for years in that region. "Shhh," said the Ministry official on the bus, under his breath, and the two argued heatedly-in Hebrew. The official obviously didn't want those aboard to hear too much about terorism. But it was difficult. If no impossible, to hide several divisions within Israel...
Shiffer says that the conversations in his book are distilled from transcripts, notes and minutes of meetings, all from the Israeli side. Conversations that took place in English have all been translated into Hebrew. Even if the quotations were indisputable, the interpretation by participants would not be. For example, Snow Ball contains a lengthy exchange between Sharon and Alexander Haig, supposedly showing that the former Secretary of State gave Israel the green light for an invasion...
Meeting with Haig in Washington two weeks before the attack, Sharon reportedly asserts, "We do not see any other way but to enter and clean up the area." In a long, rambling reply, Haig is quoted in the Hebrew text as saying, "We understand your goals ... As your allies, we are in no position to tell you not to take care and protect your interests ... I hope that you will be sensitive to the international implications ... A way should be found in order to solve the matter...