Word: israell
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...might be a Cuban or a West Indian. He car ried no identifying papers, but had four $100 bills, a $5 bill, four singles and some change; a car key; a recent David Lawrence column noting that Kennedy, a dove on Viet Nam, was a strong defender of Israel...
Tourist Attraction. Yet the Israelis seem more intent on holding onto the Gaza Strip than any other part of their conquered territory, except Jerusalem. They are slowly integrating this arid area into Israel, and impressing on the Arabs the permanence of their presence. The reason: Worthless in every other respect, the Gaza Strip is important to Israel's security, since it probes like a finger into Israeli territory. Egyptian troops massed there before the outbreak of the war, and the Strip had long been a base for Arab terrorist raids...
...cement their wartime conquest, the Israelis are pouring $1,000,000 a month into Gaza. They have replaced Egypt's currency with Israeli pounds, and completed new power lines linking Gaza city with Israel's main grid. Gaza Arabs have been forced to channel through Israeli, rather than Arab, banks the money sent them from abroad. Gaza's fishermen and its orange and grapefruit growers are getting not only advice but also improved equipment from the Israelis. More than 5,500 Arabs have been put to work patching and widening the Strip's bumpy roads. Another...
...rolls of celebrated sons and daughters heading for films and fame. That mat-chested fellow with the open shirt happens to be Assaf Dayan, 21, son of Israel's superhero, Moshe; the lass wrapped around his waist is Anjelica Huston, 16, Director John's girl. Though they look like a pair of Carnaby Street mannequins, they are starring as lovers in Huston's latest film, A Walk with Love and Death. Assaf has been before the cameras several times in Israel, and it is not likely that Huston will harbor any qualms about working with his daughter...
Sentimental Values. The airline really came into its own when the 1956 war between Israel and the Arabs shut the Suez Canal. With Trans-Med planes available to bridge the gap, revenues quadrupled in one year to $1,200,000. Abu-Haidar used the money to buy more planes. The Lebanese government cooperated by establishing a free-trade zone at the city's international airport, where goods could be warehoused or even partially processed. Business has consistently increased ever since, and the one-room office has given way to magnificent quarters downtown, where Abu-Haidar arrives at 8 each...