Word: premier
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...held a rally and declared the founding of a new Jewish settlement on the West Bank at Karnei Shomron. The settlement had actually been started in January, but the rally was the Gush Emunim's way of proclaiming that settlement is continuing on the West Bank. Significantly, the Premier's office made no protest against the announcement of the new−and provocative−settlement...
...government of Premier Menachem Begin has argued that any F-15s sold to Saudi Arabia would inevitably be used against Israel in the event of war. The Saudis have assured Washington that this is not true−and there is good reason to believe them. Ground maintenance for the F-15s would be handled mostly by American technicians. Thus it would be very difficult to transfer the F-15s to other Arab states. The Saudis also insist they have no intention of basing the planes at their Tabuk airbase, which is only 125 miles from the Israeli port of Eilat...
...letter to Aldo Moro, published in Milan's daily Il Giorno. It capped a series of urgent appeals last week from U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and other prominent figures to Moro's Red Brigades kidnapers to release unharmed the missing Christian Democratic leader and former Italian Premier. But as the agonizing human tragedy entered its seventh week, only Moro's captors knew for sure whether he was alive or dead, and they gave no hints as to what they might do next...
...only two days after an earlier deadline for Moro's life had passed, once again threatened his execution. Yet even Socialists and some Christian Democrats who had favored negotiating with the terrorists agreed that the proposed prisoner exchange was an impossible demand. After another huddle with party leaders, Premier Giulio Andreotti confirmed that the government's tough stand was "a political and moral duty" that was "definitive." Yet another letter from the tragic victim was received at week's end. In it, Moro, quite possibly under duress, begs his Christian Democratic colleagues to convene a special party...
...European principality of Liechtenstein (pop. 25,000) is deemed the most prestigious job in government. It is normally held by the leader of the majority party, who also performs the largely ceremonial duties of Prime Minister. But after his Progressive Citizens Party lost last February's election, outgoing Premier Walter Kieber decided that he would like to retain his portfolio as Liechtenstein's chief officer of foreign affairs. The offer was declined by his successor, Hans Brunhart, head of the Fatherland Union Party, but Kieber nonetheless refused to step down. The impasse virtually paralyzed Liechtenstein's government...