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Perhaps the most ominous aspect of last week's fighting was the role of the Israeli settler "militias," or vigilante groups, which occasionally attacked and intimidated the Arab population. Out of the estimated 24,000 Jewish settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, an estimated 5,000 males carry small arms. In addition, every settlement has some artillery pieces and heavy arms for defending itself against a general attack...
...strand of beautiful Naama Bay. Relaxed and smiling, the two leaders posed in wicker chairs on the restaurant's windswept veranda like a couple of contented tourists. There was a brief moment when the air of cordiality at the conference was threatened by an angry demonstration of Israeli settlers, who will be forced to leave when the territory returns to Egypt. Sadat later deftly handled the situation by agreeing to hear, although not agree to, the complaints of a small settler delegation...
...outsiders, the very name Sinai conjures up wilderness and desolation. But to some 5,000 Israeli settlers, the startlingly beautiful desert has offered tempting development possibilities, from innovative agricultural communes among the sand dunes near the Mediterranean to the tourist centers along the superb beaches of the Red Sea coast. For them, giving up the last of the Sinai will be a traumatic experience. Many are already bitter and confused. Says Sara Feifels, 40, a Sinai settler since 1974: "When we heard about Camp David, it was like someone saying our child was dying. I went through a period like...
...bombings that critically injured Nablus Mayor Bassam Shaka'a and Ramallah Mayor Karim Khalaf (a third mayor, El-Bireh's Ibrahim Tawil, escaped unscathed), Shin Bet, as the security service is known, turned up evidence that linked six members of the ultranationalist Gush Emunim settler movement to the attacks...
...spoke last week of seeking good relations with all "peace-loving nations," and ended his speeches with the P.P.P. opposition slogan, "In the cause of the people, the struggle continues." Western diplomats believe his coup was motivated primarily by resentment against the long-dominant settler community. But Doe has said he is not out to persecute the Americo-Liberians, emphasizing: "I can assure you we are not for discrimination." He pledged himself to fight both the country's raging inflation and its 50% unemployment rate. One of his first decrees, which was both a gesture of gratitude...