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...have much choice as long as the Soviets are involved. Israel cannot face both the Soviets and the Arabs. But we should minimize this dependency so it won't become a burden on the U.S. or an insult to Israel itself...
...reform but as an act of aggression against Mexico. In Mexico City, the Ministry of Foreign Relations said that because of the bill, the government would have to increase its vigilance over abuses of Mexican citizens in the U.S. The reaction in the Mexican press was overwhelmingly hostile. "The insult inflicted on us by the U.S.," wrote Gonzalo Martre in the Mexico City daily El Universal, "has wounded our national honor." Gilberto Herrera, another columnist, accused the U.S. of being a bad neighbor and of forgetting how Mexican laborers came to the assistance of U.S. agriculture in World...
...CHURCH. They were promptly hustled away. A delegation leader later dismissed the prayer-service protest as an attempt to "grab media attention," but his view was not shared by all the Americans. Said one: "The message we got right from the start was not to do anything that might insult our Soviet hosts...
...apartheid and insisting that her government would maintain the present arms embargo against South Africa. On Saturday, as the two leaders met for lunch, 7,000 demonstrators gathered at London's Trafalgar Square, where they heard Deputy Labor Party Leader Roy Hattersley call Botha's visit "an insult to Britain's black and Asian population." Still, like the other European governments, the British recognized South Africa's importance as a trading partner and as a political power. In the words of a Thatcher aide, the government's aim was "not to drive the South Africans...
...Maharashtra towns earlier this year. One specific incident came in late April when Bal Thackeray, leader of a militant, right-wing Hindu organization called Shiv Sena, gave a speech in which he reportedly maligned the Islamic faith. Muslims retaliated by garlanding a portrait of Thackeray with dirty sandals, an insult to Hindus. Next, roving gangs of Shiv Sena members armed with gasoline bombs, daggers, spears and a few guns ordered shops to close and observe a general strike. Muslims in Bhiwandi brought out the green flags of Islam, and the battle lines were drawn...