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...expressed his hope that the current national debate would not lead to "the destruction of the Third Temple," a term that Israelis sometimes use for their 35-year-old state. Later, when Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren told the gathering, "Our hands did not shed this blood," a Haifa man, Meir Gabai, shouted at him, "You shed this blood!" and others in the crowd called out, "Begin is responsible!" At that point, Olga Greenzweig, the victim's mother, got up and asked that everyone stop the shouting. She also asked the Chief Rabbi to please stop. Emil Greenzweig, a reserve paratroop...
ISRAELI DEPUTY Foreign Minister Yehuda Ben-Meir was mad. "I can only express our amazement and consternation at the position which has been taken by the Reagan Administration," he told an Israeli radio station last Thursday...
...Meir was referring to the heavy-handed attempt by the White House to prevent Congress from increasing aid to the Jewish state beyond the sum requested by the Administration. Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee--by voice vote, without dissent--approved a $910 million grant to Israel, $125 million more than the White House wanted. Over the past weekend, though, sides to President Reagan and State Department officials have been pushing the committee to go back on its decision...
Looking back, I find it remarkable how constantly the work for peace in the Middle East was on my mind. I had made an extensive visit through Israel in May 1973, while still Governor of Georgia, invited by Prime Minister Golda Meir to learn at first hand about her nation. This gave Rosalynn, Jody Powell, who was to become my White House press secretary, and me a chance to learn more about the land of the Bible, which we had studied since early childhood. We spent almost a week traveling around the surprisingly tiny country. For three days, before dawn...
...with the campaign in Lebanon, Begin began to push his luck. Now, indirect involvement in the slaughter of Palestinians may suffice to topple the government. Indeed, Begin's Energy Minister Yitzhak Berman has already handed in his resignation. Other members of the cabinet--including Deputy Foreign Minister Yehuda Ben-Meir and Education Minister Zvulun Hammer--are reportedly thinking of quitting. And in Parliament, the Prime Minister's shaky coalition would have much trouble surviving a no-confidence vote. So Begin...