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...South Yemen, the Soviets were said to have a minesweeper and two other vessels ready to begin a search of their...
...Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence, an arm of Lloyd's of London, the hazardous zones appear to be at the northern and southern ends of the Red Sea. One Dutch captain reported that his cargo ship was "mixed up in a minefield" off the coast of North Yemen, as reported by Lloyd...
...outcome will be influenced by a significant demographic trend: the growing political strength of the Sephardim. Unlike the Ashkenazim, who came from Germany, Poland, Russia and other areas of Eastern Europe, the Sephardim migrated to Israel from such diverse places as Morocco, Greece, Yemen and Iraq. Initially a minority (17% in 1948), the Sephardim now make up 55% of the population and about half the electorate. It is the Sephardic votes that in 1977 swept Begin to power. In the past seven years, the Sephardim, says Author Oz, "have risen from the emotional position of second-class citizens into...
...first time since 1948, when the new nation of Israel suddenly became a Babel-like meeting place for Jews from about 100 countries speaking 70 languages. Religious-minded and often untrained, the newly arrived Sephardic immigrants (including 260,000 from Morocco, 120,000 from Iraq and 50,000 from Yemen between 1948 and 1958) found that their new home had been built on the principles of secular Zionism. Israel's schools, its bureaucracy, its kibbutzim had all been set in place by Europeans...
...will not compromise its support of Camp David and of the pact with Israel. The next step may come in March, when Egypt's moderate friends will try to get Cairo readmitted to the 21-member Arab League, a step that will be opposed by Syria, Libya, South Yemen and perhaps others. At present, such action would require the unanimous support of league members, but King Hussein of Jordan may try to have the rules changed, enabling Egypt to be readmitted by a simple majority vote. In the meantime Egypt, Jordan and the Arafat branch of the P.L.O. plan...