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...with different color codes. The Israelis say the codes indicate refugee-camp residence; the Palestinians say they identify political activists. Despite orders from the uprising's leaders not to comply, thousands of Gazans lined up in sweltering airless tents last week to receive their new documents. Said Major General Yitzhak Mordechai, Gaza's military commander: "They have to be clear they are under Israeli law, Israeli government...
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered the 48-hour incursion in response to attacks on northern Israel by Palestinian guerrillas based in Lebanon. Since December, when the uprising began in the occupied territories, ten border raids have been attempted, five of them successful, leaving six Israelis dead ! and eight wounded. Rabin vowed to launch more such operations "as long as elements in Lebanon attempt attacks against Israel...
...town meeting was especially delicate to organize. Palestinian audience members were bused to the theater for the 6:30 a.m. telecast only after special approval came from Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin. A number of potential Palestinian panelists refused to participate. Speaking for the Palestinians, they claimed, is a role that belongs only to the P.L.O. The three representatives who did appear insisted that the wall be set up and avoided even looking at the Israelis for most of the show...
...Israel deported eight Palestinians to Lebanon, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir met with TIME Managing Editor Henry Muller, Executive Editor Ronald Kriss, Chief of Correspondents John Stacks, Jerusalem Bureau Chief Johanna McGeary and Reporter Robert Slater. Excerpts...
...taking of Flight 422 raises tensions and tempers throughout the Middle East. -- Abu Jihad, Yasser Arafat' s second in command, is murdered in Tunis. -- An interview with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. -- Four nations sign an accord securing the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, but peace remains an elusive prospect...