Word: ultranationalistic
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...command to Jacob is being obeyed by his Jewish descendants. High on a hilltop above the valleys of the West Bank, 35 families belonging to Israel's ultranationalist Gush Emunim are building a new settlement named Beth-El. They claim that 120 Jewish families are waiting to move into the settlement, nine miles north of Jerusalem, in territory that Israel has occupied since the 1967 war. There are plans for schools, a religious study center, an industrial area and even a holiday resort...
...just a year ago that the former guerrilla leader and ultranationalist Menachem Begin came to power - and all the worst fears, and more, of his critics have since come to pass. More than any other man, Begin has set back the chances for peace in the Middle East. He has proved inflexible, myopic, hard-lining and probably deceptive, especially in his dealings with Washington...
These are the three Israeli settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan River that Israeli Premier Menachem Begin legalized last week, to the distress of the Carter Administration. The communities had been founded in 1974 and 1975 by ultranationalist Jews in defiance of Labor government policy...
...also a bridge between the U.S. and Israel. Right after the meeting he flew to Israel, where he had a morning conference with Premier Menachem Begin, followed by lunch with U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis. Begin is coming to Washington next week for his first meeting with Carter, and the ultranationalist Premier was concerned about how warmly he might be greeted. No worry. He would be welcomed, said Schindler, "with open arms...
...Jews are hardly unanimous in their criticisms. Some are afraid that the new ultranationalist Premier-designate Menachem Begin-who will visit Washington next month-may make a settlement all the harder to achieve. Despite their growing unease with Carter, many Jews are still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Says Max Palevsky, a top Los Angeles Democratic Party fund raiser: "There haven't been enough attempts at moderation, and any prodding in that direction by Carter, anything that gets movement, is all to the good." But the critics are more numerous and more impassioned. Recalling that...