Word: shimon
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...cease-fire negotiations. Another indication of ill will was the series of charges and countercharges last week between Israel and Syria concerning the torture of prisoners of war who had been held by either side until the cease-fire accord was signed. In the Knesset, Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres detailed a long list of torture incidents. He charged that some of the repatriated Israeli P.O.W.s had had fingernails ripped out by Syrian captors, while others had been beaten, burned and maimed. At least two P.O.W.s, said Peres, died after being tortured...
Arab Tilt. Some key offices have gone to dependable veterans: Rabin's old comrade-in-arms Yigal Allon, 55, becomes Foreign Minister as well as continuing as Deputy Premier, while former Transport and Communications Minister Shimon Peres, 51, takes over Defense from Moshe Dayan. But Rabin has appointed others, including five newcomers, who may tilt Israel's new government toward more flexible dealings with Arab nations. Perhaps his most controversial Cabinet choice is Mrs. Shulamit Aloni, 45, head of the dovish Citizens Rights Movement, who advocates the return of most occupied Arab lands in exchange for a Middle...
...annual three-day field trip through the scenic hills of western Galilee. In all, 180 students were eligible for the trip. In light of the alert, the families of 77 refused to let their children go. Principal Shimon Ben-Lulu was upset over their recalcitrance. "The route has been examined," he insisted. "We have authority from the army, and guards will be along. Everything will be all right." One student said later that he had been warned his report card would be withheld if he did not make the trip...
...Premier-designate, Yitzhak Rabin, selected to succeed her two weeks ago, was still trying to form a coalition government. Thus Kissinger's initial discussions involved a strange coterie of old and new Israeli power wielders. They included both Mrs. Meir and Rabin, along with Information Minister Shimon Peres, who narrowly lost to Rabin in the party vote for Premier and as a result will probably become either Defense Minister or Foreign Minister in a Rabin government, if one can be formed...
...unpretentious Tel Aviv movie theater last week, Israel's dominant Labor Party gathered to complete a momentous political shift. By a close (298-254) but generally amicable vote, the party's central committee chose Labor Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 52, over Information Minister Shimon Peres, 51, to become Israel's fifth Premier. Rabin will have six weeks at most to put together a coalition government to succeed the present caretaker Cabinet of Premier Golda Meir. If he fails-as some believe he will-new elections will likely be called...