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...most Israelis, the crime statistics are less troubling symptoms of social malaise than the emigration figures, which seem to fly in the face of Israel's very purpose. Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich somewhat hyperbolically described emigration last December as "the most important national problem." The Zionist goal of "ingathering of the exiles" was for decades complemented by the exiles' dream of aliya -"going up" to the homeland. The opposite phenomenon of yerida - "going down" to the outside
Illness or no illness, the opposition Labor Party planned to slap the government with a no-confidence motion in the Knesset this week, even though Labor Leader Shimon Peres conceded that it had little chance of passage. Embattled Finance Minister Simcha Ehrlich appeared to be barely weathering demands for his resignation. Factions of his own bickering Liberal Party, whose support is essential to Begin's Likud coalition, had earlier attacked him for withdrawing his proposed series of public spending cuts, which are considered necessary as a first step toward halting the inflation spiral...
Georgetown University, noted for its school of foreign service, was evenhanded in drawing up awards. Last year the university honored the Israeli ambassador, Simcha Dinitz. So this year the nod went to Ashraf Ghorbal, 54, Cairo's Ambassador to Washington. Ghorbal was hailed by Georgetown as "a genuine member of the international cathedral of ideas." The ambassador, who stands a slight 5 ft. 3 in., was diplomatically not paired in the academic procession with fellow doctor of humane letters and former Boston Celtics Player-Coach Bill Russell, who towers...
...invitation was formally handed to Israel's U.N. Ambassador Chaim Herzog by his Egyptian counterpart, Esmat Abdel Meguid, at a secret meeting in New York. In another display of post-Jerusalem good-fellowship, Ambassadors to Washington Simcha Dinitz of Israel and Ashraf Ghorbal of Egypt were joint guests of honor at a Sunday dinner given by ABC's Barbara Walters...
...cheap by big government subsidies, began climbing in stages that even government economists predict will lead to a 45% inflation rate over the next 18 months. Yet no excessive amounts of capital fled the country, and a flurry of food hoarding ended within a few days. Boasted Finance Minister Simcha Erlich...