Word: settlements
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...Bank military government are being tried separately. Israelis have been shocked not only to learn that an underground Jewish terrorist movement exists but by the list of those accused of taking part. Most of the suspects belong to Gush Emunim, the nationalistic religious group that has spearheaded the Jewish settlement movement in the occupied West Bank. Some are reserve paratroopers and tank commanders in the armed forces. One is a rabbi. The sight of these men, a few in their early 20s and most of them bearded and wearing skullcaps, being led into court has profoundly unsettled the country...
...furor raises a larger question: To what extent does the government's West Bank settlement policy create the conditions for Israeli violence? Shamir has gone to great lengths to distinguish between the terrorists, who he has suggested were "crazies," and the vast majority of the settlers. He is understandably defensive. Although a modest program was initiated after Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 war, it was Likud's Begin who launched a major settlement plan after taking office in 1977. His aim was to create "facts on the ground" that would guarantee that Judea and Samaria...
Even those who promote the settlement policy have not offered a satisfactory solution to the real dilemma: how to treat the West Bank's 800,000 Arabs. Shamir favors a form of "limited autonomy," to be negotiated with Jordan, under which the West Bank and Gaza Arabs would have control over taxes and police, for example, but not over such matters as water, security and immigration. Though Peres is less specific, he has promised to suspend the construction of new settlements immediately. He would also turn limited administrative powers over to the Arabs without waiting for Jordan to join...
...First Month as Prime Minister If He Is Elected. We are going to implement our policy in Lebanon. In addition to changing the settlement policy in the West Bank, we are going to hand civil authority to the local people. We are going to invite Jordan to negotiate and suggest to Egypt to start the talks on autonomy again. We are going to suggest turning the Gulf of Aqaba into a secure and tranquil zone that may serve as an alternative to the Persian Gulf...
...balance in nuclear weapons in the key region of the world covered by INF, principally by the deployment of their triple-warhead SS-20 missiles. Therefore the U.S. and its West European allies are justified in deploying the Pershing IIs and Tomahawks in the absence of a negotiated settlement in INF. Also, the Soviet Union cannot be allowed to veto the implementation of a collective decision of the Western Alliance. Nor should the Soviets be permitted to get their way in diplomacy when they resort to ultimatums and nonnegotiable demands...