Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Armed border police stood guard against terrorists while 1,500 leaders of the Diaspora, more than half of them Americans, assembled for a "Conference on Jewish Solidarity with Israel." Mordechai Gur, commander of the troops that wrested the Old City from Jordan in 1967, read a closing proclamation: "We support the democratically elected government of national unity in its efforts to achieve peace and security with its neighbors...
...gathering, declared Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, was "a great success" that "demonstrated total support of all Jewish people for the State of Israel." But the fact that he found it necessary to convene such an international pep rally before his first meeting next week with President Bush underscored Shamir's well-founded worries about his standing abroad, notably in the U.S. Shamir's convocation could not disguise the growing impatience of many Jews outside Israel. They bridle at his stubborn resistance to any accommodation with the rebellious Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Nor could...
Traditionally, the politically potent American Jewish community has been a buffer against U.S. Government pressure on Israel. Though their support for Israel, as the embodiment of the Jewish people, remains as solid as the stone blocks in the Western Wall, many American Jews balked at being used as extras in Shamir's biblical unity epic. Some of those invited journeyed to Jerusalem with misgivings; others stayed home. The open criticism from American Jews is raising fears in Jerusalem, which depends on the U.S. for military and economic survival. Says Yossi Ahimeir, director of the Prime Minister's bureau: "When...
...Most of the leaders of mainstream Jewish organizations are more circumspect in their public utterances, but they have been bombarding Jerusalem with private warnings that Shamir is losing support in the U.S. Both the Conference of Presidents and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee ignored Jerusalem's cue to protest Washington's decision to deal with the P.L.O. Moreover, there has been a growing inclination by Jewish leaders to display what has been quietly obvious for years: a preference for the Israeli Labor Party's more flexible approach. Theodore Mann, former head of the American Jewish Congress, argues that Jewish...
...also ordered a sharp crackdown on dissidents, arming police divisions with M-16 rifles and abandoning a policy that prohibited firing on protesters. The move sparked violent demonstrations in six cities. Ironically, Roh's original decision to cancel the referendum had won widespread support, including that of opposition leaders, who feared a positive vote would damage their own chances in the elections scheduled...