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...issue has generated so much emotion that informed, rational debate is impossible now," he said. "The 18-month moratorium is a unique opportunity to educate the public on a complex subject. Time is on the side of rational thought on this issue...
...overlapping, federal, state and local environmental regulations are the current headache. They are well intentioned and may indeed prevent ecological damage, but they promote inflation. Fairfax County, Va., stopped all building for 18 months while officials drew up a master plan for development; when the moratorium was lifted, pent-up demand sent land prices soaring...
...communities last week also whetted Gush Emunim's desire to expand Jewish presence in the territories. The organization has recruited families to establish twelve more settlements on the West Bank, and threatens demonstrations unless the government authorizes them by September. Although Begin will probably impose a moratorium on new settlements until the Geneva Conference reconvenes, he pointedly told newsmen last week that there was no government freeze on establishment of new communities...
...nevertheless reminded him of the U.S. commitment to Israel's security and endorsed the idea of a nonimposed settlement. The State Department message, insisted Assistant Secretary Alfred Atherton, was "certainly not intended as a threat of any sort" to Israel. At his press conference Carter declared a Washington moratorium on any "additional comments on specifics" about the Middle East until Begin's visit, adding a promise that the Israeli Premier would be received warmly. Begin himself denied that he was setting any preconditions for future negotiations. He told a group of Israeli industrialists in Tel Aviv that "from...
...Labor members saw it, the Histadrut vote proved that Begin's victory at the polls in May was an aberration rather than a trend. They predicted that Likud would be out of power again in less than the year during which Begin asked for "moral credit," meaning a moratorium on partisan infighting...