Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lance surface-to-surface missiles. The Israelis were buoyed by the recent letter of support signed by 76 Senators. But relations between Washington and Jerusalem have nonetheless cooled to the point that Rabin's entourage held conversations at Blair House last week in lowered voices, cryptic references, Hebrew military slang and even sign language because the Israeli secret service believed the rooms were bugged. One Israeli official cited a crude Arabic expression-translated roughly as "there is a nose on our tail"-to explain the need for caution...
...willing to surrender chunks of the Sinai. That "time for land" formula appeared to be equally acceptable to Israel. Jerusalem's approach to Sinai negotiations, after all, has become "a little bit of territory against a little bit of peace," in the popular phrase coined last year by Hebrew University Historian Saul Friedlander...
...used to assess a diamond's value. That innovation could have even greater impact on gem transactions. Until now, the only real assurance diamond traders have had when they concluded a deal was the traditional act of faith between them: a handshake and the exchange of the Hebrew words "mazal u-brocha" (luck and a blessing...
...former Minister Eban was prohibited from publishing his diplomatic memoirs of the Six-Day War. Large portions of Golan's 300-page review of the Yom Kippur War and its diplomatic aftermath consisted of official documents tied together with transitional passages. As diplomatic correspondent of the fiercely independent Hebrew-language daily Ha'aretz (circ. 55,000), Golan obviously had access to top-level sources, possibly within Israel's notoriously leaky Cabinet. Along with trading Kissinger stories last week, Israelis debated the identity of their own Deep Throat...
Stanley Hoffmann, professor of Government, visited Israel earlier this year at the invitation of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and met with leading figures in Israeli politics. In the current issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. Hoffmann has published an article under the title. "A New Policy for Israel," which is worthy of close scrutiny both for its content and as a result of the attention it has received. Hoffmann's thesis is that the time has arrived for Israel to cease pinning all its hopes on a settlement imposed from without by the United States. Instead, he argues. Israel should...