Word: shimon
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Israel viewed the agreement with supreme skepticism. "What is going on in Amman seems to be directed mainly toward Washington," said Prime Minister Shimon Peres. "But peace must be made with Jerusalem." Washington was appropriately cautious about the Hussein-Arafat meeting. Reagan told reporters: "(From) the little we know about it, it seems as if some progress has been made." If indeed it had, one reason was that Hussein had made skillful preparations. He has taken pains to maintain close ties throughout the Arab world, and last year became the first Arab leader to reestablish diplomatic relations with Cairo since...
High on a hilltop, bareheaded and wrapped in a green parka, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, 61, surveyed the Israeli front lines at the Awali River, just north of the Lebanese coastal town of Sidon. "The whole nation appreciates what you did under difficult conditions," the Prime Minister later told his troops. "We never intended to stay here. But we will still keep our eyes open to what dangers could evolve for Israel...
Israel is already America's biggest foreign-aid client. This year it received $1.2 billion in economic assistance and $1.4 billion in direct military aid. But faced with a 445% annual inflation rate and dwindling foreign-exchange reserves, the new government of Prime Minister Shimon Peres estimates it will need $4.1 billion in U.S. military and economic aid for fiscal 1986 (a $1.5 billion increase), and some $8 billion more in the following two years. Peres, in turn, promises harsh economic austerity measures that will nearly double Israel's unemployment rate, to 8%, and force real wages down to their...
...time has come. We can preserve our security and bring our boys home." So said Prime Minister Shimon Peres last week as he prepared for a test of strength within Israel's national unity government. Hours later Peres was triumphant, and Israel was embarked on a dramatic change of military course. By a 16-to-6 count, the Cabinet voted in favor of a unilateral, step-by-step withdrawal of an estimated 22,000 Israeli troops from southern Lebanon, with the first phase to get under way within five weeks. Other stages in the planned three-phase pullback will occur...
...meeting with Kahan took place in a conference room in the offices of Prime Minister Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 6. Time Inc. was represented by Haim Zadok, a former Israeli Minister of Justice; Sharon was represented by Dov Weisglass, a Tel Aviv lawyer. At the outset of the examination, Zadok learned that he would not be permitted to see testimony gathered by the commission's investigators, who had the power to subpoena witnesses and require them to testify...