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...assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat sent shock-waves around the world. In Israel, Prime Minister Menachem Begin mourned Sadat's death, saying, "I have lost not only a partner in the peace process but also a friend...
...Israel. The governor will be in charge of all administrative affairs within the occupied territories and will have both Israeli and Arab civilians working under him. The armed forces will be responsible for security in the territories; civilians will take over all other tasks. The new governor will be Menachem Milson, a native-born Israeli who is a distinguished Arabist, a professor of Arabic literature at Hebrew University and a former adviser to the military government...
Despite these signs of colonization, the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin realizes that an Israel encompassing the West Bank and Gaza Strip would scarcely remain a Jewish state: 2 million of its 5 million inhabitants would be Arabs. In two more decades, according to current growth rates, the number of Arabs will have grown to 4 million and virtually closed the gap with the Jewish population. The result would be a "Palestinization" of Israel, as Opposition Leader Shimon Peres put it during this year's election campaign. What the Israelis would prefer is a sort of common...
Returning from his Europe trip, Haig met last week with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at New York City's Kennedy Airport. Haig was particularly concerned that statements by Begin about the AWACS threat to Israel's security would influence Senate votes, and the exchange was said to be heated. In fact, the Administration contends that a solid understanding with the Saudis minimizes any threat to Israel, and TIME has learned some of the details. Among other things, the Saudis have agreed: 1) not to pass on information gained from the AWACS to other countries, nor to allow...
There was yet another inning of sand-lot summetry, Plains, Ga.-style last week, when Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 68, dropped in on former President Jimmy Carter, 56, and his wife Rosalynn, 54. There to greet his arrival was a crowd of some 1,500, many of them children in yarmulkes, shouting "Shalom!" Begin and Carter seemed outwardly cordial, despite past frustrations over their differences. Said Joel Arnon, Israeli consul general in Atlanta: "They are two strong personalities who both believe they have a direct line...