Word: rabin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some influential Israelis are beginning to express similar frustrations. Former Premier Yitzhak Rabin spoke out sharply against Begin's settlements policy, accusing him of preoccupation with legalisms that are "childish and of no account in serious political situations." He added, "What facts is the government trying to create in the midst of the negotiation process? What would happen if the other side tried to do such things? How can one respect a government that carries out settlements whether under an archaeological [i.e., the disputed West Bank settlement at Shiloh] or a security cover?" Rabin's summary...
...phase in his emotional and physical cycles, only hours away from a physically critical day. A "triple low" day produced the abnormal heart rhythm that led to Elvis Presley's death last Aug. 16. And Sadat's peace initiative could not have come while Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin was in office because the Egyptian President's chart shows zero emotional compatibility with Rabin...
...that Zionist irredentism that distinguishes Begin from all preceding Israeli Premiers, and it is that policy that could make peace unattainable as long as he is in office. Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin were concerned with how long to postpone Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. What Begin is talking about is how long to postpone Israeli annexation of the West Bank. Even if he offers to do so indefinitely, there is no way that any Arab leader can make peace with Israel on those terms...
...matter what. The Israeli public apparently approves of Begin's firmness, because he remains the most popular leader that the country has had in years; a recent poll gave him a 68% rating, down from 80% in November but still higher than anything enjoyed by his predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin. He commands his Cabinet like an authoritarian godfather, and internal opposition is all but stilled. But Begin seems unable to contemplate surrendering any inch of land in the occupied territories where Israelis have settled, even when these footholds are clearly illegal. Last week his government stood by in silence...
...with his subject's friends and foes. Two staffers have written biographies drawn upon their reporting experience at TIME. Correspondent Bernard Diederich's Death of the Goat, due this spring, is about Dominican Republic Dictator Rafael Trujillo. Jerusalem Stringer Robert Slater has written a biography of Yitzhak Rabin, the former Israeli Premier. Says Slater: "When I told my little daughter that Rabin was also writing a book, she asked innocently. 'Oh, is he doing it about...