Word: mistrust
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...Kahane emigrated from the United States to Israel and founded his political party, Kach. With Kach as his base of support, Kahane tried to exploit the irrational fears of the Israeli public. After decades of war, violence and terrorism in the region, many Israelis were mistrustful of Arab and Palestinian intentions. But these fears generally did not find expression in political extremism. Kahane fanned this spark of mistrust into flames of hatred...
...wheel of violence will turn. Kahane's teachings are now being disseminated far more widely than they were before, and a minority of Jews will regard him as a martyr. His followers are angry, looking for revenge, certainly in Israel and possibly even in the US. Israeli public mistrust of Arab, especially Palestinian intentions, will probably rise...
...spectacle of Saddam Hussein conducting politics by other means concentrates the mind wonderfully. His Arab brethren have more reason than ever to mistrust his claim to be their benevolent leader. The radicals of the region have a new incentive for moderation. Virtually every nation in the world that relies on oil from the gulf now realizes with fresh urgency the importance of restoring a balance of power there. Iran has served as a counterweight to Iraq before, and it could do so again. If Iran were to bring about the release of the hostages in Lebanon, it would be rewarded...
...foreign journalists are worried that Palestinian Arabs, who have long suspected that some reporters were in the pay of the Israelis, will now mistrust all newspeople. In response, the Foreign Press Association in Israel issued a public statement last week noting that it was "deeply concerned" by the disclosures, and saying that "journalists who are paid by the Israeli government, directly or indirectly, are discrediting the entire press corps . . . ((B))y accepting payments from the Israeli government ((they)) are taking sides in a story they are covering . . ." The whole episode is sure to make it harder for honest reporters...
...profound and icy mistrust which the German arouses whenever he gets any power into his hands is the aftermath of that vast horrible fear with which, for long centuries, Europe dreaded the wrath of the Teutonic blond beast...