Word: weaknessness
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The second problem with Kurzman's article is that he gives the reader several arguments that he feels are being used by Jews to excuse certain "immoral" action by Israel, but fails to connect excuses to specific actions. This is a critical weakness because there is in fact, some merit...
The various symptoms Andropov displayed during his last appearances in public in mid-August?trembling hands, uneven gait, difficulty in getting out of his chair?were caused by muscle weakness brought on by diabetes and the kidney problems. The stiffness that observers detected in the Soviet leader's left arm...
ISRAELS ARE also wary of allowing the world to see that there are splits within society and politics there. As Ben-Dori says, the Arabs only respect strength, not weakness--and this is achieved through unity. He feels the peace was possible after the 1967 war, but that Israel missed...
"When the staff chooses up sides," says a White House adviser, "that's when the weakness of the system of delegating power is apparent. That's when it doesn't work."
Ismat Ullah's expression of polite amiability is oddly out of sync with the fury of his words. In the 20 years he has spent as a Pakistani immigrant in Britain, slurs and rejections have engendered an abiding bitterness. But the mask remains in place. "I keep it all...