Word: settlements
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Gazit headed all occupied territories for seven years before taking his post as the head of all military intelligence in 1974. Although the general disagrees with the confiscation of private property and other aspects of Israeli occupation, he firmly supports Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
...vote was a significant breakthrough for Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington and his fellow British negotiators. Muzorewa had come to London vowing not to surrender the guarantees of white political control that he and two other black leaders had accepted as an essential part of last year's "internal settlement" with Smith. The Bishop then agreed to a British proposal calling for the reduction of white seats in the 100-member Parliament from 28 to 20 and the elimination of the blocking mechanism, under which whites can veto constitutional changes for the next ten years. Smith, the leader...
...financial blood bank for the company might be the $300 million strike fund built up by the United Auto Workers. After the contract settlement with General Motors two weeks ago, that fund will not be needed to pay picketing workers, and Chrysler may try to borrow from it This week Chrysler will open its own contract negotiations with the U.A.W., and ways in which the union might help the automaker will be discussed. U.A.W. President Douglas Fraser rules out using the $300 million kitty, but may accept partly deferred wage or benefit payments in return for a voice in management...
Basheer, a close friend and adviser of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, emphasizes that an eventual peace settlement between Israel and the Arabs must be fair to both sides. That means, Basheer said, that the final agreement should include provisions allowing the creation of an independent Palestinian state in occupied Israeli territory...
...settlement comes at a time when the Administration is working to revise and make more flexible its voluntary wage-price guidelines. They currently limit wage and benefit increases to 7% a year, which is well below the auto settlement. Indeed, there is talk that the wages and benefits achieved in Detroit could become the standard for the new guidelines. If that means approving settlements of close to 12% annually over the next year, the Administration's chances of effectively combatting inflation...