Word: israel
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Jews are afraid that Carter is trying too hard to work out an accommodation with the Arabs at the expense of Israel. To counter these fears, both Carter and Mondale pledged outspoken and undeviating support of Israel during their acceptance speeches, and the band played Hava Nagila, the traditional Jewish song of rejoicing. Yet, in these complicated times, there is the hazard that such pro-Israel demonstrations will further anger Arab nations that the U.S. needs as friends?and thus give Carter more troubles...
...What has moderation achieved? Is this the West's concept of a just peace? , Where is the comprehensive peace framework envisaged at Camp David and promised us? All the masks have fallen, and the talk about peace with Israel has become a kind of illusion...
Mere rhetoric? Possibly. The Arabs, after all, are in no position to take on Israel militarily. But Carter Administration officials cautioned against dismissing Fahd's words too readily. The Saudis, said the analysts, might eventually feel obliged to take some action, perhaps a cut in oil production.* The Saudis saw the Israeli action both as a calculated insult to the Arab world and as final proof that under present conditions the Israelis simply are not prepared to negotiate a Palestinian settlement in any serious way. The Saudi royal family, moreover, looks upon itself as the guardian of Islam...
...Saudi statement was also designed to step up pressure on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to abandon the Camp David peace process and break relations with Israel. Shortly after the Knesset's action on Jerusalem, Sadat shot off an 18-page letter to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, explaining that he had no choice but to suspend the Egyptian-Israeli talks on Palestinian autonomy (see box). Sadat's decision won him plaudits among his estranged Arab neighbors. Morocco's King Hassan II and Jordan's King Hussein have joined the Saudis in trying to lure Sadat back...
Twelve years in development at a cost of $4 million, AID (for Automatic Implantable Defibrillator) is largely a triumph for Cardiologist Michel Mirowski, 55, who migrated from Israel with the aim of perfecting it against almost unanimous medical opposition. Experts doubted that such miniaturized equipment could work inside the body. The implant's electronic heart and soul is its microcircuitry. Designed by Dr. M.S. Heilman and Engineer Alois Langer at Medrad/Intec Systems, a small medical technology firm in Pittsburgh, the little package (total weight: 250 grams, or 9 oz.) is placed just under the skin of the abdomen...