Word: homelands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prime Iowa breeding pigs, among them Hampshires and white Yorkshires, to pens outside the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Although they are now thriving in their roofed stys, nobody knows if these pampered replacement hogs will prosper or even survive the harsh life of their new homeland. The imported pigs were eating such food as wheat shorts and soya supplemented by vitamins and minerals, and drinking water from taps-all luxuries unknown to most Haitians, much less the old black hogs. Once the island is declared free of disease, the Haitian government, aided by a $27 million Inter-American...
...million Arabs, many of whom remain sworn to Israel's destruction? Can a nation expand its borders in the pursuit of greater security? Will such expansion gain security? How long can a state that rules 1.4 million disfranchised Arabs remain what it set out to be: a Jewish homeland as well as a democracy. Is it this state's destiny to be an isolated island in the Middle East, or can it become an integrated part of the region...
...ariv, a Tel Aviv newspaper, showed that while 43% backed a peace agreement in which Jordan conceded some West Bank territory, 41% were opposed to giving up any land whatsoever. "Those who call themselves Palestinian Arabs should be grateful that we permit them to live in our homeland," says a West Bank settler. "They belong in the Arab nation located in the rest of the Middle East. Why don't they leave us alone...
...loyalty to the state. If Israel continues to deny those rights to what amounts to 25% of the people under its control, it will erode its democratic principles. But if Israel accepts them as citizens, the country will become a Jewish-Palestinian state, erasing its heritage as the Jewish homeland. "When you think of this situation in the light of Jewish history and the struggle of Jews for equality of right and status, the paradox becomes agonizing," says former Foreign Minister Abba Eban...
Even more important, the Second Israel has become, numerically, the first. Now that the Sephardim account for more than half of Israel's population, they enjoy a considerable say, although not yet a proportional share, in the running of their homeland. As this was happening, they found an unlikely spokesman in the quintessentially Ashkenazic person of Menachem Begin (some even pronounce his name Ray-geen to give it a Middle Eastern ring). The right-wing former Prime Minister appealed to the downtrodden Sephardim both because of his fierce nationalism and because of previous neglect of their basic needs...