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Moreover, Israeli citizens and their leaders are growing increasingly militant as they read Arab statements that seem to them intransigent. Aharon Yariv, the dovish former Information Minister in Yitzhak Rabin's last Labor government, warned last week that if U.S. peace efforts fail, "war becomes a definite possibility." Returning from a state visit to Rumania, Premier Begin defiantly noted that his government includes three generals who led Israeli armies to victory in previous wars. Said he: "We shall be ready to defend ourselves...
...meantime, reports TIME Jerusalem Correspondent David Halevy, the secret Israeli operation began in May 1976 when three Israeli missile boats sailed from Haifa to Jounieh Bay, near the Christian "capital" north of Beirut. Aboard one boat was Yitzhak Rabin, then the Israeli Premier, and his Defense Minister, Shimon Peres. Soon the Israelis were joined by two boats from the mainland, one carrying Camille Chamoun, then a Lebanese Cabinet minister, the other carrying Lebanese Christian Phalangist Party Leader Pierre Gemayel-both boats guided and guarded by Israeli frogmen. Though the two Lebanese Christians, leaders of competing factions, refused to meet with...
...bedroom, and I asked her who it was. She said, 'It's the King.' It was King Hussein-Jimmy had taken him to see Amy in her room. She was propped up in bed reading a book." But one White House visitor, former Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, when asked by the President whether he would like to drop in on Amy, displayed foolhardy courage. "No thanks," he said, thereby not improving the atmosphere of an already chilly meeting...
...think I have read some newspaper reports that said Mr. Rabin accused Mr. Begin of being set up by me. Mr. Begin and I instantly liked each other and trusted each other, and we had the frankest possible discussions. We did not mention the subject of legalizing existing settlements,, I didn't think about it. I re-emphasized-to Mr. Begin our national position is and has been that the settlements in the occupied territories were illegal. I also let him know that I thought the establishment of new settlements would be an obstacle to peace. And that...
...changing his position. Example: lately there has not been any mention of a "homeland" for Palestinians but instead reference to a Palestinian region tied to Jordan. He obviously wanted to avoid a meeting with Begin that ended in open disagreement. Besides, recalling Carter's earlier disastrous encounter with Rabin, one official explained, "Carter must have realized that his tough attitude toward Rabin did not pay off. Instead of movement, he got Israel to dig in its heels. Carter must have seen that to get the best results, he must play the pussycat-and he was the pussycat...