Word: kaddum
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...discourages the Palestinians. Since Begin has referred to the West Bank as a "liberated" (rather than "occupied") territory, it is likely that he will approve of more Israeli settlements there if he becomes Premier. Shortly after Likud won last month's election, Begin made a ceremonial visit to Kaddum, a West Bank development sponsored by nationalist zealots of Gush Emunim (group of the faithful) that had never been approved by the Labor government. The devoutly religious members of Gush Emunim, most of whom supported Likud in the election, believe that all of ancient Samaria and Judea (meaning the entire...
...pioneers at Kaddum (now renamed Alon Moreh), in the rolling hills of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, cheered and sang as their distinguished guest presented a Torah scroll for the settlement's new synagogue. For others, though, these were chilling words in a chilling context. The speaker was Menachem Begin, 63, onetime leader of the anti-British, anti-Arab terrorist group known as Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization), who almost certainly will be Israel's next Premier. In a stunning upset victory, Begin's Likud (Unity) coalition last week became the dominant bloc in Israel's parliament, replacing...
...occupied territories, 80 Israeli settlements have been established with more on the way. Two weeks ago, Israel's government authorized the first official settlement in Masha, not far from an unauthorized, thriving settlement that Jewish hard-liners of the Gush Enumin (Group of the Faithful) set up at Kaddum. The Israeli government intends to establish at least eight more settlements in occupied territory within the next year...