Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have a protector against the marauding Philistine tribesmen, even if for this he demanded tribute. He foraged far and wide, bringing retribution where it was due and giving succour where it was needed." Even in one of the most tragic defeats of Hebrew history-the futile defense of Jerusalem against the Roman general Titus in A.D. 70-Jews displayed a fanatic resourcefulness. Making early use of the fifth column, they sent into the Roman ranks supposedly disaffected citizens who offered to lead the besieging troops through Jerusalem's gates. When the Romans approached, the fifth columnists turned on them...
...Friday morning, the busiest place in Jerusalem is the Mahaneh Yehuda (Camp of Judah) market. Last week, a crowd of 3,000 filled its narrow lanes and open stalls as housewives shopped for the Sabbath. No one noticed a small blue delivery van parked on Agrippas Street, nor could they know that it carried 450 lbs. of explosives and a timing device. At precisely 9:28 a.m., the van blew...
...worst Arab terrorist bombing since three truckloads of explosives demolished Ben Yehuda Street in 1948, and the latest in a series of thrusts by Arab fedayeen commandos. Last August, ten people were wounded in Jerusalem during an attack still referred to as the "night of the grenades." In September, one Israeli was killed and ten injured by a bomb in Tel Aviv's bus station. On those occasions, angered Israelis rioted in nearby Arab sections. This time, however, police threw up roadblocks and slapped a curfew on Jerusalem's Arab section, once again dividing the Old City...
Pilgrim Pope. Paul, however, is much too complex a figure to be dismissed as a reactionary. Certainly he is no Vatican prisoner. His ambitious trips to Jerusalem, New York, India, Turkey, Portugal and Colombia are dramatic evidence of his desire to be a "pilgrim Pope." Time and again he has expressed his dedication to the cause of world peace-in Viet Nam, Nigeria and elsewhere. Paul has introduced a subtle new diplomatic policy of negotiation with Communism that has improved the lot of his church in Eastern Europe and may lead to a more fruitful Christian-Marxist dialogue. His encyclical...
...Israel's response was unusually restrained. Israelis have increasingly been goaded by raiding commandos based in Jordan and Egypt and encouraged by the extremist government of Syria. The new attack could only undermine Israel's doves, at a time when Foreign Minister Abba Eban was in Jerusalem for a Cabinet decision on how far to go toward peace with Egypt and Jordan. Eban's hawkish opponents argue that Jordan's King Hussein is not strong enough to make a peace agreement stick, given the adamant opposition of Jordan-based commandos and Nasser's mood...