Word: mizrachi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time) on basic living necessities each month; by 1975 that figure had grown to 3,870 pounds ($630 at the rate then). Israelis making more than $13,500 a year are taxed at an average rate of 63%, which makes the inflation hurt more. Fairly typical is Esther Mizrachi, 38, a Jerusalem housewife, who says, "If we can pay for our food and our children's education, we'll feel lucky." Yet the Israelis manage somehow; they overdraw on checking accounts to meet food bills, artfully dodge a tax law here and there. Though a Volkswagen Beetle costs...
Despite the precautions, the base, which became fully operational eight months ago, is not quite so secret as the Israelis would like. The Yemenis said they had heard about it last summer from one Baruch Zaki Mizrachi, an alleged Israeli spy who confessed (probably under torture) that he had been assigned to thwart any land-based attack at Bab el Mandeb. Israel promptly denied it-and still does. Meanwhile, militarily powerless Yemen can do nothing about Israel's penetration except complain...