Word: pro-israel
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Long report charged that the entire chain of command had failed to react to the fact that "in the eyes of the factional militias, [the Marines] had become pro-Israel, pro-Phalange and anti-Muslim-and therefore prime targets for terrorist attack." Incredibly, according to the report, Marine Colonel Timothy Geraghty, commander of U.S. forces ashore in Lebanon, did not believe that his troops had authority to shoot at a civilian vehicle, even if it seemed bent on crashing into the Marine compound. This passivity is all the more astonishing given the fact that a truck bomb had destroyed much...
...story, it turned out, was a phony, an obvious attempt at disinformation. But it succeeded in stirring up the longstanding feud between New York Mayor Edward Koch, who is staunchly pro-Israel, and Weinberger, who is considered pro-Arab by many Israeli officials and American Jews. By last week even the FBI had been brought in to investigate...
...hospital costs; for blacks and minorities, to crack down on civil rights violators. Seeking to increase his already strong support among Jewish leaders, Mondale had earlier asserted, contrary to his old boss Carter, that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are legal. Glenn tried to sound equally pro-Israel with a speech repudiating "evenhandedness" in the Middle East...
...absence of a strong lead from Shultz, the President's ear has been captured by right-wing advisers such as Clark and Weinberger. Even on Middle East policy, Shultz is in some danger of being upstaged. The very pro-Israel Kirkpatrick departed Saturday on a trip of her own to Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, from which she will return on March 26, doubtless with some strongly worded advice for Reagan...
...consequence last week was a black mood in Washington. Reagan is described by aides as still "very, very pro-Israel" but deeply disillusioned with its present government. Some of his lieutenants go much further. Storms one, invoking privately a name still publicly taboo in Washington: "Begin is like Nixon. He just keeps going too far; he refuses to listen; he is self-righteous. You cannot conduct business with...