Word: shimon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Beyond their concern about being outcharmed by the Arabs, the Israelis were plainly worried about Syrian troop movements in Lebanon. Although Defense Minister Shimon Peres acknowledged that Syria had not yet crossed the "red line" (the undefined demarcation point, usually considered to be the Litani River, beyond which Israel feels its security would be threatened), Rabin's government issued several tough warnings to Syria to stay out of the sensitive area and dispatched a show of reinforcements to the border...
...there is a problem of leadership in Israel. Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin is being challenged by the somewhat more conservative Defense Minister Shimon Peres, who will probably be a strong opponent to Rabin before the next elections scheduled for September '77. In addition, the threat of the right-wing opposition party is real. The party, headed by Menachim Begin, has recently shown a gain in popularity and could be a strong contestant for power. Rabin, therefore, will have to be extremely careful in his political endeavors...
...same generation of Israelis who grew up with the Jewish state's struggle for survival-and yet, even though they are members of the same Cabinet, they are locked in a constant, fratricidal battle. In fact, the rivalry between Premier Yitzhak Rabin, 54, and Defense Minister Shimon Peres, 53, has become so intense that practically every issue in Israel's hothouse politics polarizes into a struggle between their competing factions. Israel's national elections are still one year away, but Peres has clearly emerged as the major threat to Rabin's reelection...
...official was Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres. His brief "invasion" of Lebanon-a nation with which Israel has no diplomatic ties-was the first of four trips between late May and late August. As if that were not extraordinary enough, he was accompanied on his third trip into Lebanon by none other than Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, who held talks with as yet unnamed Lebanese leaders. Out of these negotiations has come a secret but potentially decisive Israeli intervention in the 17-month-old Lebanese civil war. Acting with the agreement of Lebanon's Christian leadership and a moderate...
...along the border by Israel to keep out guerrillas. Every few miles along the fence there are gates, originally built to allow access for Israeli soldiers raiding P.L.O. bases in Fatahland. Now the gates are open to Lebanese seeking food, work and medical care in Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres calls it the "good fence policy...