Word: israel
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Frankly, I don't know the answer to that. Under U.N. Resolution 242, the West Bank was supposed to be open to all, and then Jordan and Israel were to work out an agreement for the area.* Under those terms, I do not see how it is illegal for Israel to move in settlements...
...trouble spots-and such actions should not be underestimated. On the other hand, the .European Community's recent Middle East initiative only strengthened the Begin government's intransigence. It runs the risk, even in its toned-down version, of arousing unrealistic expectations in the P.L.O. of what Israel can be expected to concede and encourages the Arabs to play off the Americans against the Europeans. It is difficult to explain this initiative in any terms other than Europe's trying to assert an illusory independence and seeking good karma with the oil suppliers...
...coalition government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin threatened to fall apart again over disputed cuts in defense spending. Angry squatters completed a tent settlement in Jerusalem to protest the housing shortage. Most disturbing of all, however, was a revelation in a parliamentary debate: more citizens are leaving Israel than at any time since the country was founded 32 years ago, on the very principle of the Jews' return to the land of Zion...
According to the Knesset Immigration Committee, 2,000 Israelis are now emigrating each month, mostly to the U.S. About 25,000 are expected to leave this year, 10,000 more than in 1979. If the trend continues, more Jews soon will be departing from Israel than arriving from other countries. Already 400,000 Israeli Jews - one in nine - are living...
...That's a bit unrealistic without a home. What job will pay me enough to live on?" Says Manny Ender, 33, a toy exporter from Tel Aviv: "Even if you drive a taxi in America, at least you make enough for an apartment, entertainment and a visit to Israel once a year...