Word: israel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Benjamin Spock. "I hope he means it," said retired Lieut. General James Gavin. "I'm afraid he doesn't, and that he would accept a fair draft." Many sophisticated Europeans suspected that Johnson hoped to duplicate the feat of Egypt's Nasser, who "quit" after the disastrous war with Israel in 1967 but was restored to power by popular demand. "Is this a false exit," wondered Paris' Le Monde, designed "to stop the rapid decline of his popularity and make for himself a plebiscite of tears...
While it did very well in its most recent military endeavors, Israel needs economic help. Last week more than 450 leading financiers, manufacturers and economists from 29 countries jetted to Jerusalem for talks on building up Israel's private sector. When the four-day conference ended, Premier Levi Eshkol could declare without over statement that it had "surpassed our most optimistic expectations...
...Wolfson, head of Britain's Great Universal Stores, personally got fellow delegates to sign individual pledges of $24,000 to set up a company to insure new Israeli enterprises. Retired Republic Corp. Chairman Victor M. Carter pronounced himself "happy and satisfied" with a personal $2 million investment in Israel, then produced plans for $30 million worth of new projects involving Itek and other U.S. companies. Such was the entrepreneurial zeal that, during one committee session, a Manhattan businessman jumped to his feet to cry: "I want to buy 100,000 pairs of women's hose here. Who will...
...moneymen were elated over Eshkol's plans for enabling Israel to pay its own way in the world after 20 years of living mostly on bonds and aid from abroad. The country intends to increase overall production by 40% over the next four years and to raise exchange-earning industrial exports by 60%, to $725 million a year. Finance Minister Pinas Sapir frankly called on the visiting group to use its "know-how and connections" to raise much of the $750 million in new capital that would be needed...
...clear that the removal of the physical barrier between Arabs and Israelis is bound to bring about the gradual disappearance of many stereotupes and prejudices. The existing trade between Israel and the West Bank is actually causing some kind of dialogue. The parties now understand better where they stand--diametrically opposed to one another...