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Most recently, the prime minister's outright rejection of President Reagan's Mideast initiative exasperated the increasing number of moderate Israelis who want to make compromises for peace. That plan includes full autonomy for the Palestinians and would prohibit future Israeli settlements in the contested West Bank and Gaza Strip, so Begin perceived it as a rejection of his own well-laid plans. Certainly the Reagan proposal has features that may territorially slight Israel. But Begin's swift rejection of the plan wholesale led some Israelis to criticize his "hard-headedness" as detrimental...
Spaulding, like some others whose packages have swung heavily over to jobs and loans rather than outright grants, says she feels "betrayed" because she originally chose to attend Harvard partly because of its attractive aid package. Last year the aid office-recommended she take out a loan in addition to the grant. She managed to do without it, but says if she had taken it. "I don't see how they expected me to borrow any more this year...
...long-awaited initiative could die quickly if it is too adamantly rejected by both sides. At week's end there was speculation that even the P.L.O., which is struggling to preserve its political influence, would adopt a position in advance of the Fez summit that fell short of outright rejection of Reagan's proposals. Even if that happens, the most that American diplomats expect from Fez is a highly qualified pledge by the Arabs to consider the U.S. initiative...
...response was considerably less harsh than it might have been. The Government could have ordered an outright ban on exports to the States by the two companies, along with fines and jail terms for their executives. The action, said Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, "represents a measured response that we hope will dissuade other firms from violating U.S. regulations...
...after only six days in 1967. The siege has therefore boosted the popular stock of the P.L.O. in the Arab world. Although most of the Arab governments probably wanted to see the troublesome P.L.O. cut down to size militarily in the early phases of the invasion, none desired an outright defeat. In the past month, there has been a grudging resurgence of Arab support, if for no other reason than self-interest: the Palestinian issue has long been a litmus test of Arab nationalism, and no regime that wishes to stay in power can afford to ignore...