Word: settlers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wild-eyed liberal by the standards of his family and its Dutch settler forebears, Willem de Klerk publicly -- and constantly -- urges that apartheid be replaced by black majority rule. A former Dutch Reformed pastor and editor who now teaches journalism at Rand Afrikaans University, he helped establish the liberal opposition Democratic Party in April. Although his brother's career was at stake, Willem voted for the Democrats in September's election. After the ballots were counted, F.W.'s National Party barely retained its four-decade grip on power...
...development have been chaotic and in some cases tragic. Machadinho, for instance, was supposed to be a model settlement village with gravel roads, schools and health clinics. But when a surge of migrants traveled down BR-364 to Machadinho in 1985, orderly development became a pell- mell land grab. Settlers encountered the familiar scourges of the rain forest: poor soil and inescapable mosquito-borne disease. Decio Fujizaki, a settler who came west four years ago, has just contracted malaria for the umpteenth time. Says he: "I always wanted my own plot of land. If only it wasn't for this...
...balance. Those who contend that the recent Palestinian attack on a bus full of civilians could be something other than a foretaste of future horrors are urged to recall that after 18 months of sticks and stones, the intifadeh command last month instructed its followers to "kill a settler or a soldier for every martyr of our people." And those who dismiss the settlers' increasing resort to acts of revenge as the scattered expressions of madmen are similarly out of touch...
...offense and conduct paramilitary patrols to protect and punish. Waldman describes their crude tactics: "After an Arab attack, we send out an alert, jump into our cars and head for the area. Then we destroy and burn." Already these vigilantes have killed at least 15 Palestinians, while one Jewish settler has been murdered by Arabs. Waldman, who took a sniper's course in the U.S. Army, won't comment on whether he is responsible for any of the deaths, but confides, "Arabs have good reason to fear...
Soldiers who dare to intervene have been threatened and harassed -- or merely ignored. When dozens of troops attempted to block vigilantes leaving Kiryat Arba, the settlers slipped out on foot or by back roads. Last week police arrested Hebron resident David Axelrod on charges of physically assaulting soldiers, but the army has generally been frustrated in its efforts to keep the vengeful settlers under control. Major General Amram Mitzna, who heads Israeli forces in the West Bank, has asked the government to "help us by stopping the settlers' incitement against the Israel Defense Forces." He warns...