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...Israeli Knesset needed to shake its fist at the rest of the world in defiance and to fulfill some of its "nationalist needs" [Aug. 11]. Are the Jewish vote and money so important that Mr. Carter has chosen to sit idly by while the Israelis irresponsibly deteriorate the Camp David peace process...
Besides, with much of the United Nations voting that the Israelis should give away land that is rightfully theirs, it is not surprising that the Knesset would show Israel's citizens that it will not yield to world pressure...
...security service's investigation of the attempted assassinations of three West Bank mayors last June. As a result, the Star claimed that the head of the General Security Service (known as Shin Bet), Avraham Achituv, had resigned. Israeli newspaper reports about the Star story inspired an angry Knesset debate as well as protest demonstrations outside Begin's residence. Israel's attorney general last week announced that Halevy "may have committed a prima facie violation of Israeli law by publishing the name of the director of the General Security Service" - which is forbidden within Israel - and that...
Halevy insisted that his story was correct. Appearing before a Knesset commit tee, Achituv said that he had asked, well before the start of the bombing investigation, to resign at the end of the year. But Achituv flatly refused to discuss whether, as Halevy charged, Shin Bet did have strong pointers to the identity of the would-be assassins, who have yet to be arrested. Commented the independent daily Haaretz: "Doubts remain - if not with regard to the reasons for the security service director's resignation, then with regard to the investigation of the assassination attempts...
...tone of Sadat's letter was courteous, care fully respectful and almost devoid of passion, especially in view of the provocation that prompted it: the Knesset's resolution proclaiming Jerusalem Israel's capital. The Egyptian President praised Begin for remaining "firm in your resolution to follow up the noble cause of peace without regard for the huge efforts required for such a venerable task...