Word: shmuel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some soldiers suffer misgivings over their mission, others feel hamstrung by bothersome regulations to go easy. On patrol in Gaza, a young army private named Shmuel complained, "Three weeks ago, when we tried to be lenient on them, it didn't work. The only thing they understand is an iron fist." Retired Major General Shlomo Gazit admitted, "I would say that a very strong majority would like to see more force used...
Last week, the City Council decided to allow Rabbi Shmuel Posner and the Chabad House of Greater Boston to place a menorah on city property in Harvard Square. Posner said he leads both a congregation and an organization for the promotion of Jewish religious observance in the area...
According to Israeli witnesses and the army, the hikers stopped for a picnic lunch in a dry riverbed just outside Beita, 10 miles southeast of Nablus. Shmuel Fuchs, 15, said they had just sat down when a group of Arabs started throwing rocks...
...extremist Kach movement, pile into cars and vans every day to patrol the roads leading to Hebron and Nablus. They claim that their purpose is to "supplement" the Israeli army; their real intent seems to be provocation and revenge. "The Palestinians are not afraid of the soldiers," insists Shmuel Ben-Yishai, a spokesman for the Kiryat Arba residents. "But they are afraid of us." Ben-Yishai, who directs his troop of nearly 100 gun-toting activists by walkie-talkie, rejects army demands that he stop. "The majority of the generals are small politicians," he scoffs. "Our sickness is trying...
...policy too weak. "I would have liked to behave in a more brutal way toward them and to really stick it to them," he said. "I'm sure if we pressed them to the wall, people here would start to understand we are the ones who run the show." Shmuel, a self-declared "rightist" who emigrated from France in 1984, agreed: "Three weeks ago, when we used the easy hand on them, it didn't work. The only thing they understand is the strong hand. I thought I could get along with the Arabs, but today I realize that...