Word: israel
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...GUEST FOR THE NIGHT, by S. Y. Agnon. Israel's 1966 Nobel prizewinner spins a searching, unhurried tale about the eternal Wandering Jew, who turns up this time in Eastern Europe just before World...
Sense of Self-Pity. In many ways, the months since the war have been kind to Israel. The young generation of sabras, whose patriotic dedication had previously been untested, now seem driven by a new sense of duty as a result of their military triumphs. Money from Jews in other countries, which had slowed down to a trickle, is flowing in again freely. Postwar Government spending has primed the economy, hoisted the country out of a recession and cut the alarmingly high unemployment (12%) to a mere...
...legacy also involves the onerous duty of governing 1,300,000 more Arabs who inhabit conquered territories that are together three times the size of Israel itself. The burden of the occupation has compounded older problems. Many younger politicians are losing patience with the pioneer generation of leaders typified by Eshkol. Men like Dayan's aide, Knesset Member Simon Peres, describe them as "a self-perpetuating oligarchy with a powerful sense of self-pity." Despite its recovery, the economy has serious weaknesses, among them its dependence upon the generosity of Jews abroad and its large trade deficit. Defense expenditures...
Many of the country's leaders are also troubled about a decline in immigration. Though several hundred people of the thousands who came to help during the war decided to live in Israel, the country is now losing many trained citizens who are emigrating to the West. Most of the Jews coming into Israel these days are from Arab lands and are not easily assimilated among educated Jews from Europe, who are concerned that the country may take on a Levantine rather than a Western character. Labor Minister Yigal Allon believes, however, that Israel can still offer Jews...
While the decision was popular, it set a dangerous precedent. What, for example, is to prevent Egypt and its friends from attempting the same tactic to force the expulsion of Israel? And the people most sorely hurt by the I.O.C. action are South Africa's athletes. For Sprinter Paul Nash, who last month tied the 100-meter world record four times in eight days, or for Swimmer Karen Muir, the world's No. 1 backstroker, it means losing a crack at Olympic gold medals. Both Nash and Muir are white. For the blacks on South Africa...