Word: jerusalem
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...JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: Israelis will go to the polls 5 months early Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres announced on Sunday, telling voters it was time to "renew his mandate". Believing that the Israelis and their Arab neighbors are ready to live in peace, Peres would consider reelection a confirmation of his peacemaking policy. The rescheduling of the October elections for the end of May has caused controversy in Israel. Peres' opponents accuse him of self interest, trying to turn the wave of support for the peace process which followed Rabin's death into an electoral victory. Peres is conscious...
Friedman joined the New York Times staff in 1981 and has reported from Lebanon, Israel and Washington, D.C. In 1988, he published "From Beirut to Jerusalem," a series of his reflections on the Middle East that won a National Book Award...
...JERUSALEM: The war of words between Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu heated up, as Peres accused the Likud leader of sending secret messages to Syrian President Hafez Assad. The messages, Peres told the Knesset yesterday, say Israel will be ready to trade land for peace if Likud wins the parliamentary elections later this year. Netanyahu denied the charges, calling them "a big bluff." Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer reports: "This accusation dates back to Rabin, who also accused Netanyahu of sending such messages. And for two prime ministers to make that accusation does carry with...
...some questioners could not stand for such a morally disinterested attitude. One man (who by a slip of the tongue called the Secretary "Mr. Chamberlain") asked, "What irks you about Jews in the Golan Heights?" He was referring, of course, to Christopher's shuttle diplomacy between Jerusalem and Damascus to restore peace between Israel and Syria. The Secretary all but dismissed the notion of this Israeli citizen's attachment to his land...
...will employers and insurers use genetic work-ups to deny jobs to those inclined to love thrills? Will parents demand prenatal testing to weed out children who have the "wrong" personality genes? "They are big issues," admits Dr. Richard Ebstein, a molecular biologist who led the research team at Jerusalem's S. Herzog Memorial Hospital, "and they will come...