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...week brought a few fresh incidents of violence, but for the most part an uneasy calm settled over the Gaza Strip and West Bank communities that had erupted in rage for more than two weeks. "The riots in the territories will not happen again," vowed Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. "Even if we have to use massive force, we will not allow last week's events to repeat themselves...
...hard-line Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to crack down on the rioters. Four thousand soldiers swept through towns and refugee camps, arresting as many as 1,000 Palestinians and carting them off to hastily erected detention centers. Then, in an angry speech in the Knesset, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin announced that Israeli soldiers would continue to shoot at the "leaders of disorder, throwers of fire bombs." Rabin added that his men would aim to injure, not kill, but he left little doubt that the government would not tolerate the loss of Israeli life. "As Defense Minister, I have responsibility...
...Washington, State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley denounced Israel's "harsh security measures," while Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy urged Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was visiting the U.S. capital, to use restraint. "We are sorry we have to use force," Rabin said later. "But whenever there is a violent demonstration using Molotov cocktail bottles, throwing stones, setting fires, attacking car passengers, the police and the military will use whatever is needed to prevent...
...Israeli generals would gladly kill it, and so would Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Yet rising criticism and soaring costs have so far failed to force Israel's Lavi jet fighter program off course. The time has come, however, when Jerusalem must decide whether to funnel more billions into the troubled Lavi (Hebrew for lion) or scrap a warplane that has become a symbol of national pride and a key source of jobs. The need to make that choice has triggered a vitriolic debate in which military and economic issues have frequently given way to pure emotion. "The real question," shouted...
...imprisonment as an Israeli spy. But the panel declined to single out any individual for culpability. A second investigation, conducted by a parliamentary intelligence subcommittee headed by former Foreign Minister Abba Eban, then pinned blame squarely on Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Peres, who received particular criticism for mishandling the case as Prime Minister in 1985 when Pollard was arrested, stated, "I have nothing to apologize for." U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering quickly made clear that Washington expects those involved in the spy scandal to be punished...