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The answer is that such a move would enrage the entire Arab and Islamic world, for which Jerusalem has deep religious significance. Relocating might lead to an outburst of Arab terrorism and anti-Americanism throughout the Middle East. One by one, Administration officials have come forward to warn against the...
Iran and Iraq have little to be proud of in their conduct of the 42-month-old war in the Persian Gulf. Iraq shoulders the blame for starting it all, invading Iran in a reckless attempt to seize some long-disputed border territory from the new and untried revolutionary government...
The differences between Lebanon and Israel stood out sharply, however. Within 24 hours after the West Bank shooting, Israeli security forces had begun a crackdown on one of the country's most disturbing phenomena, the rise of Jewish terrorism. Members of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security...
Another sign that the nation's revolutionary fervor may be ebbing is that the Islamic Guards, Khomeini's elite military organization, are actively conscripting new members. Until recently, the Guards screened all applicants scrupulously to make sure that no opponents of the regime were admitted to membership. Now...
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, unlike his predecessor Menachem Begin, is eager to demonstrate evenhandedness in opposing both Jewish and Arab terrorism. There is good reason to do so. In the past four years, fanatical Jewish activists have launched more than 40 terrorist operations against Arab and Christian homes and institutions...