Word: israell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Exert Pressure." Carefully Ike repeated Dulles' point about double standards: it was simply not possible to apply heavy sanctions to Russia short of war, and in any event a law-minded nation such as Israel could hardly be regarded in the same light as Russia. If Egypt violates the armistice agreement, it "should be dealt with firmly by the society of nations." As he drove home his points, however, Ike rarely moved far from his central theme: "The United Nations must not fail," he said, looking directly into the cameras. "I believe that in the interests of peace...
...course, we still hope that the government of Israel will see that its best immediate interests and longterm interests lie in compliance with the U.N. and in the declaration of the U.S. with regard to its future...
...Israel and the U.S. could talk. The U.N.'s own tireless Dag Hammarskjold said he had got Egypt to agree to let the U.N. deploy into the Gaza Strip. The President received a letter from Israel's Ben-Gurion that was considered "constructive," whereupon Israel's Ambassador to the U.S..Abba Eban, flew back from Israel. Dulles held an unusual Sunday conference at his home with congressional leaders, then a few hours later met with Eban. and a new round of diplomacy got under way. But should Israel remain recalcitrant, the President of the U.S. intended...
...Although U.S. officials hoped at week's end that the crisis will not come to sanctions against Israel, one stroke of the President's pen could shatter the Israeli economy. In 1956 Israel had a deficit of $365 million, most of it made up with income from U.S. sources-including $49 million in U.S. Government aid, $91 million from philanthropic organizations like United Jewish Appeal, $52 million from U.S. sales of Israel Bonds, $74 million from private U.S. remittances...
...while standing for hours in the brisk and breezy weather of Inauguration Day last month reviewing the inaugural parade. Not even Georgia's warm sunshine had burned it off. As a precautionary measure, Ike slipped off to Walter Reed Army Hospital the day after his TV speech on Israel to get X rays of his sinuses and lungs. The results: negative. The President, said the attendant physicians, is "fine...