Word: homeland
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...first and Soviet capabilities to do so seems to be growing." The gap is also widening in defensive deterrence, according to John Collins. The Soviets, he noted, stress civil defense and maintain an extensive antiaircraft network, while the U.S. does not. He added: "We repudiate strategic defense of the homeland and rely solely on an offensive deterrence...
...devastating nuclear exchange between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Warned Collins: "In the 1950s, when we had a strategic nuclear superiority, we probably could have fought a controlled tactical nuclear war. We could have said to the Soviets: 'Halt your actions or we'll eradicate your homeland.' But we can't do this any more because now they could respond: 'Get lost. Your homeland will go at the same time.' Almost immediately after invading, moreover, Soviet forces could be hugging West German cities. Would NATO dare use tactical nuclear weapons to root them...
...world may regard their bloody deed, the 13 young Palestinians involved in the suicide mission against Israel were sorely needed heroes to most of the estimated 3.8 million Palestinians dispersed around the world. Even in what a majority of Palestinians regard as the heart of their lost homeland, the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River, Palestinian schoolchildren defied Israeli orders against political demonstrations by parading in tribute to the Sabbath terrorists and against the Begin regime's incursion into Lebanon. Says Mahmud Abu Zalaf, 53, editor of the West Bank Arabic newspaper El Kuds: "These attacks...
...times, the Palestinians almost seem determined to keep that cause lost. A year ago, President Carter first spoke of U.S. support for a Palestinian "homeland." This was a considerable achievement, the best the Palestinians have ever had in 30 years of warfare, but they failed to respond. The quid pro quo in American eyes was Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist, something that Arafat and other "moderate" Palestinian leaders wanted to do. However, there was too much pressure to the contrary from more radical P.L.O. members like Marxist George Habash...
Though Carter has repeatedly underscored the U.S.'s "special relationship" with Israel, his policy initiatives have made it harder and harder for Jews to see the evidence of that commitment. Last March he became the first U.S. President to call for a "homeland" for Palestinians, instantly raising the question of whether he was beginning to favor the creation of a Palestinian state on the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Later he joined with the Soviet Union in endorsing "the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people." Through it all, the White House has seemed-to Jews at least-to be leaning...