Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sites to be so settled, and last week he finally gave in-on one. He allowed a dozen paramilitary farm youths to reoccupy Etzion on the West Bank, sacred to Israelis as the site where four kibbutzim were wiped out in 1948 in a gallant stand that helped save Jerusalem from the Arab Legion. Fearing that the move might be a test for further permanent Israeli settlements in conquered territory, the U.S. State Department asked Israel to clarify its intentions. Jerusalem replied that the settlement was meant to be a military garrison, and that no other settlements were planned that...
Eshkol's government is both angry and concerned over a new rash of Arab terrorism. It began with random minings of roads and railroads, but has spread to such targets as the former Fast Hotel in Old Jerusalem, which was dynamited (it was scheduled to be torn down anyway), and a large canning factory at Givat Haim, which was blasted by a tractor toting 25 lbs. of TNT. The professional jobs are thought to be the work of the Syrian-trained terrorists of El Fatah, and Israeli agents fanned out through Arab settlements in the occupied territories picking...
Advice to the U.N. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban called a press conference in Jerusalem and once more spelled out his country's position. "We have looked in vain for any sign of moderation in the official attitude of the Arab states," he said. "There are no such signs at all. The Khartoum conference decided on three principles: no recognition of Israel, no negotiation with Israel, no peace with Israel. These resolutions cannot be described as moderate decisions...
Those refugees who have returned, and those Arabs who remained in Israel's "New Territories," are finding that life is fast returning to normal as the Israelis demonstrate their intention to stay on. In Old Jerusalem, gone are the last remnants of the Mandelbaum Gate that stood for two decades as an ugly reminder that the Holy City was divided...
...Israeli Defense Ministry does not release the last names of combat commanders.*Who is reported to be Jerusalem's choice for Ambassador to the U.S. when his mandatory retirement as chief of staff becomes effective...