Word: prospects
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...Facts. The prospect of Likud Leader Menachem Begin as Israel's next Premier further discourages the Palestinians. Since Begin has referred to the West Bank as a "liberated" (rather than "occupied") territory, it is likely that he will approve of more Israeli settlements there if he becomes Premier. Shortly after Likud won last month's election, Begin made a ceremonial visit to Kaddum, a West Bank development sponsored by nationalist zealots of Gush Emunim (group of the faithful) that had never been approved by the Labor government. The devoutly religious members of Gush Emunim, most of whom supported...
...conventional speculation was that Paul was giving Benelli the cardinal's hat in order to make him a prospect for election as the next Pope. Although Benelli, 56, has a wide background as an administrator and diplomat (attaché to France, Brazil, Spain; nuncio to Senegal), he lacks the pastoral experience that he will gain as archbishop in his native Tuscany, as did Paul before he took the See of Milan. In a region long under Communist influence, Benelli will have to deal at firsthand with problems ranging from unemployment to abortion reform...
...nuclear force? One head of state-speaking very much off the record-suggests that by the 1980s there will be a new generation of Japanese leaders with no sense of war guilt and with none of the restraints that such guilt imposes. He does not care for this prospect one bit. Whatever happens, he predicts that the U.S. withdrawal will create "a new situation with deep implications...
...away the Arabs or imposing ourselves on them." Dayan, however, is a good deal more subtle in his approach to the problem than Begin. For instance, he is said to have persuaded Begin not to move toward annexation of the West Bank as long as peace negotiations are in prospect. After that, Dayan wants the matter put to the Israeli electorate in a referendum-a shrewd move, since he is probably right in believing that a majority of his countrymen oppose the surrender of significant portions of the occupied territories...
...Reality. The most optimistic judgment on the prospect of Dayan's appointment was that it represented a step toward a new creativity in Israel's foreign policy. "Dayan is a man of reality," said his biographer, Shabtai Teveth, "and he will have a moderating effect." Most political observers in Israel took the opposite view: Begin was clearly signaling to Arabs and Americans alike that Israel's new government was prepared to resist any pressure from Washington for a peace settlement on unacceptable terms. Dayan and Likud's campaign manager, Ezer Weizman,* who is expected to become...