Word: shamir
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...with committing acts of cruelty. A prime case in point was the photograph of a badly burned baby who United Press International said had been the victim of an accidental Israeli bomb drop in East Beirut. President Reagan cited the picture in his talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir as an example of why Jerusalem had to stop the bombing of the city. In their defense the Israelis claim that no bomb had fallen in East Beirut and that the child, in truth, had been hit by a P.L.O. shell. Although the U.P.I, stood by the accuracy...
Reagan opened his meeting with Shamir last Monday by protesting the civilian suffering in Lebanon. "American public opinion has a short fuse on this situation," warned the President. By raising questions about whether this use of U.S. weapons constituted "defensive action," which is a condition of arms sales to Israel, Reagan implied that the flow of military hardware could be curtailed. But the White House took a softer line in a statement it issued describing the 20-minute meeting. "The world can no longer accept a situation of constantly escalating violence." Reagan's advisers calculated that private pressure, rather...
...negotiating a peaceful exit of the trapped Palestinians. The concern felt in Washington about deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations was not shared in Jerusalem. Any disagreement between the two countries, Israel feels, is over tactics rather than aims. Increased military pressure, the Israelis argue, will help force a settlement. Said Shamir while in Washington: "We believe the P.L.O. will not leave Lebanon unless they are convinced that they have only one choice...
Washington, on the other hand, feels that the continuous shellings threaten to crumble hopes for a settlement. Early last week Habib sent a blistering cable to the State Department asserting that his mission was being undermined by Israeli military outbursts. Reagan made the point to Shamir at their meeting. "One reason Habib can't make any progress on the negotiations is because he has to deal with cease-fire violations so often...
...Capitol dome, Reagan proclaims his support of a balanced-budget constitutional amendment. In St. Louis his backdrop is grinning black children. Last week Reagan tried waging diplomacy by camera. White House spokesmen pointedly referred newsmen to how unsmiling the President was in greeting Israel's Foreign Minister Shamir. If this was meant to signal a new kind of diplomatic rebuff, it didn't overwhelm the Israelis, who went on bombing Beirut...