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More serious than the fleeting speculation about war were Israeli fears about the political impact of Sadat's appearance before the Knesset. Standing in the Israeli parliament, the Egyptian President would have a unique pulpit. The mere fact of his presence made him, and by extension the Arabs, seem like the true seekers for peace in the Middle East. The Israelis would be viewed as the intransigents, squabbling over details and fearful of confronting Arabs at the negotiating table. All that would add to the world pressure on Israel to move on to Geneva, where, in the Israeli view...
...typical house is decorated with colonial furniture, plastic fruit, fluffy floral armchairs, commercial and authentic Indian crafts. The television forms the pulpit of the living room: children crowd around to absorb its technicolor wisdom. In the driveway is a small car, an old Honda Super Hawk; bicycles lie on the back lawn, dogs mope around the fear porch. Raymond Moore and his wife bake some bread in the kitchen. Mrs. Moore, looking fresh, models tight blue jeans and a printed t-shirt. A girl short-cuts through the back yard filled with dogs, wearing a "Smoke Colombian" t-shirt...
Like its Catholic counterparts, the Protestant clergy has reneged on its duty. They have failed to rid their pulpit exhortations of blatant political intolerance. Extreme evangelical ministers--one example is the notorious Ian Paisley--have refused to lay aside the 17th century, and continue to thunder against the abominations of Catholic theology. The more moderate preachers are guilty of too often offering a blanket condemnation of the terrorists (i.e. Catholics), without looking critically at Protestant extremism, the chauvinism of the Orange Lodges, or the conduct of the security forces. Again, the effect is to reinforce indirectly the violent premises...
More black leaders are beginning to make the point that in spite of the continuing racism that is still a barrier to opportunities, the underclass must help itself out of its morass. In his pulpit style, Chicago's the Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of the Operation PUSH self-help group, says: "It is bad to be in the slum, but it is worse when the slum is in you. The spiritual slum is the ultimate tragedy. The victimizer is responsible for us being down, but the victim is responsible for us getting up." Jackson has called for neighborhood volunteers...
President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing says that Carter "has compromised the process of detente," while West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has complained that Carter "acts like a faith healer" and formulates "policy from the pulpit...