Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...become frequent topics in newspapers and journals. A quick glance at the schedule of speakers at Harvard demonstrates the upsurge of academic interest in the Middle East. Yet, in spite of this, the level of interest and involvement in programs related to Israel has been surprisingly low, even among Jewish students at Harvard...
...fact, the presumption that these students would or should support Israel has itself come into question. Yasir Arafat was bold enough to call on American Jews to abandon their support for the Jewish State of Israel. A dramatic turn about of this type is probably not in the offing, for if support for Israel among Jewish students at Harvard is no longer as outspoken and unquestioning as it once was, this community--with a few isolated but vocal exceptions--is likely to maintain at least an ambivalent response...
...Arab boycott of Israel is rapidly becoming a political issue in the U.S. In various House and Senate hearings last week, leaders of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and other Jewish groups offered some new revelations of how the Arab oil states are using their new economic strength. They testified that more than a dozen U.S. shipping lines have been quietly cooperating with the boycott by avoiding Israeli ports. Another charge: that commercial banks that act as agents for Arab countries have been requiring certificates of compliance with the boycott before issuing letters...
...economic reprisals by Arab countries. One alternative favored by the White House: the creation of a special office to monitor and supervise all foreign investments in the U.S. Nevertheless, with active encouragement from the B'nai B'rith and other groups that make up the so-called Jewish lobby, a retaliatory mood seems to be growing in Congress: no fewer than 26 Senators lined up to sponsor a resolution calling on the Administration to take economic steps, such as cutting off technical assistance programs, against Arab countries that observe the boycott...
...Party and by the opposition. Ironically, Rabin's sharpest critic in the Knesset, Likud Bloc Leader Menachem Begin, had a curious tie to the Savoy Hotel. Begin used the hotel as a hideout in the days before Israeli independence, when he battled the British as leader of the Jewish terrorist organization Irgun Zvai Leumi...