Word: jewishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most glaring example was a letter she sent to the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which represents nearly 1,000 Jewish synagogues around the U.S. In it she wrote that she considers Jerusalem "the eternal and indivisible capital of Israel" and wants to see the U.S. embassy moved there from Tel Aviv. Neither position reflects Administration policy, but both reflect New York political reality. Hillary's advisers were feeling swell about the letter, because for the first time, as one says, "she made a judgment that the dictates of New York politics were going to structure what...
...Post saw things a different way, trumpeting "Hillary?s Chutzpah" on an issue near and dear to New York?s large Jewish population: the capital of Israel. Last year, Mrs. Clinton had made a splash on a Mideast trip by calling a Palestinian state "inevitable." Last Friday she penned a letter to a leading Jewish group unequivocally declaring Jerusalem ? which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their capital ? the "eternal and indivisible capital of Israel." Hillary?s first flip-flop? "More like an obligatory pander," says TIME senior writer Eric Pooley. "The two things aren?t mutually exclusive ?- this just...
...Rich kid from the Chicago suburbs. Six feet tall, 135 pounds, chip on his shoulder. Played Dungeons and Dragons as a kid and scrawled "Sic Semper Tyrannis" ?- the stale John Wilkes Booth motto ?- in his high school yearbook. Insisted on going by "August" because Benjamin sounded too Jewish, and told the cops once to call him "Erwin Rommel." Distributed racist and anti-Semitic literature at home and at school, had a girlfriend who does not remember him fondly. Scary? Sure. But he could have been on "Seinfeld," too. As a malcontent, Smith was little more than a caricature ?- until...
...year. And Barak vowed to implement the Wye River agreement signed - and then suspended ? by his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. But in a sign of possible tensions looming down the road, he also affirmed Israel?s demand for undivided sovereignty over Jerusalem, and there was no mention of ending Jewish settlement in the West Bank...
...completed the circle of peace around Israel. The incoming PM promises to proceed toward a final agreement with the Palestinians, but aides say the Syrians are his first priority. With the Palestinians, Barak can expect drawn-out negotiations involving issues like the status of Jerusalem and the future of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. By contrast, a Syrian deal could come quickly--possibly within a year. "With the Syrians, it's cleaner," says an aide close to Barak. "The deal can be his, not something he inherits from previous governments...