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...hospitals and the resettlement of Soviet and Ethiopian Jews. Sources tell TIME that Barak, taking a break from the stalled Middle East peace negotiations, spoke with Clinton several times to vouch for Rich's "humanitarian role in Israel." Other VIPs, including Jerusalem mayor Ehud Olmert and former Mossad head Shabtai Shavit, also wrote letters on Rich's behalf. Shavit said Rich "used his extensive network of contacts" to help Israeli intelligence. In all, Clinton received more than 20 personal letters, some written directly to the President, in favor of the pardon and an additional 50 praising Rich's philanthropy...
...Sabi shabtai, Los Angeles-based terrorism expert, discussing the chances that the university might be targeted by terrorists...
...euphoria, one Israeli correspondent even managed to get an interview with Mrs. Sadat. But for Shabtai Tal, Israeli correspondent for the West German magazine Stern, his most moving moment may have come during dinner with another Israeli at a restaurant near the pyramids. When the proprietor discovered the diners' identities, the restaurant's small band immediately struck up the stirring strains of Hava Nagila, the popular Israeli folk song. Said Tal.later: "Can you imagine what it was like for me to hear that song played in Egypt? It was like a dream." Moving about the capital, other Israelis...
...Reality. The most optimistic judgment on the prospect of Dayan's appointment was that it represented a step toward a new creativity in Israel's foreign policy. "Dayan is a man of reality," said his biographer, Shabtai Teveth, "and he will have a moderating effect." Most political observers in Israel took the opposite view: Begin was clearly signaling to Arabs and Americans alike that Israel's new government was prepared to resist any pressure from Washington for a peace settlement on unacceptable terms. Dayan and Likud's campaign manager, Ezer Weizman,* who is expected to become...
Fastest Wit. The author is Hungarian-born Shabtai Teveth, 45, a leading Israeli journalist and writer (The Tanks of Tammuz), who had nine lengthy interviews with Dayan. Teveth portrays an earthy, sometimes unpredictable man -and the fastest wit in the Middle East. Stopped on one occasion by a military policeman for driving 75 m.p.h. when the military speed limit was 44 m.p.h., Dayan said with a wry smile: "I have only one eye. What do you want me to watch-the speedometer or the road...