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NGWG'& ~elt~.re, 2832-i?~_·G.~~n_d ~IV~. •.
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Detroit, Ml,.43211 .. P~ICe:· eo¢. -,,
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Anoi~~r·· ~~~~-r~iaci1. Confl~c~·;··~r Shift in. :P~11t~C~ Botucbn -fuo TW~~ "'Nuc~elir: SUpO~ouo:rs?
Bi:Grn' s IsRAEL r1o¥Es · FURlHER Aim F'.mnmn n,;i:ia,Aim · . ro His REACTION~Y, ·. -rEnnoarsT BEGINNINGs·
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_ I. Begin R(;;wri tcS History
Dear Fricntlsz
na··~cioriqi-· WO.s the Wol:-1·1- P:t'Ooccup:i.ed-Wlth ·the countor-rCv-oluticn ·in
~oian{ o~ ·nbc; 13, · C:s tho .Polish 'Xulors unl.~ashcid martial' law againSt tho
. Poli~h- ~aSSes, ~ocuscid on SolidaritY;. than Begin leaped' oUt of; his hos'pit:il
'. -b~d-.1~to_'his-·Hh00ich:tir plus 'lirnous1no.' . rn SiX short hours he--~cd thrOugh
the knOSaet .the- n.ppro~l.~ t~ annex tho Isro.oli-occupi.C(l syriari. terri tOrJ
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the Go~an Heights.
-·'Ibis lci -~oi "tho -first time that 'Isro.Cl hn.s t."J.ken advantage of tho worl.d' s
prcoccUpat.iol-i nith o.n i::un6d1at6 countCr-rovol.ution tO cn.rry ·out its. countcr
rcvoiUtion in the i'!j.fldle En.sto-- Back in 1956;- when P.ussinn ·.tankS. ho..d 'driven
i~to F.urigary ·t() r,:oS-i:.l:oY- "thnt" rc~olUtion, thO ISraeli. Army·; with tho connivZ'..ncc
of ·nritish ru:£! .. French' :impCiial.isnis, irlva.dCti. SUez. In 1981 1 by U.l'lilo.tcral.
-action, I~ro.~l. bc.ttC:rod ·clown ~-iho.t had boon ai;I.-cccl tci by· c.11·~ -including- Isro.ol.
---thC UN R~~oiutior. 242,
ThCJ hc.stc .uith uhlch Dce:in, in 1981 1 -omlxlrkcd on his headlonG aim to
"lCc;i.timizo" t!lo Isr.:~.cli lJooty from thO 1967 war skipped t.ho nix d.:lys that
h<:~.d intcirvcno•i. ln 19.56 · bc:tHocn Hus::;inn ·t.-'J.nks rol.1il1G into. Hun(:il.ry rmd Isrnol''s
in'-~~iOn. o£' 't:::.o Sue~; On tho vory r\n.y that.' ~hG Fol.ish _rulers imposed mnrtinl
ln,i; B~crin (soonlinsl.Y hol.tor ... skoltcrr but =-.ctlU.lly -:pl.o.nnod loriB:--!l.So) ·nnnoxoc.l
thO S~;ri~n Golo.n Hr..ri(;bts.
Tho violent ~J .• ·'\oh O-GO.inst timu ~ms not n moro rlif'foroncc botwocn six hours
and ::d.X da.ys. No, it lr.lll nn un{\ormintns of ~ .:1-ttompt by o.nvono 1 including
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itS ·benefactor ·.:.~·-U.s o ·imperialism·.;.~ to- p~~ssure Isra.Sl. .t(' Si.ve -- u:p a~y of'
its_~r,.booty, come AP:ril when the re'turn of Egypt's Sinai is c•mpleted and
seriO~s...::t.a.lks _on_ i•self":"'rule"1 o~- 'the. West~ Bank a~d Gaza Strip are to b~gin· . lbe. fact 16 tha( this. did :trideod throw ·~ve:i-yone off. bal::.nc~• Thereupon the
_amaf~urlSh Rsaga.~--not- ~nly_,v6t~~t<for -~h~- UN' ~soiuti~n which condemn~d Isr.:<;l' s rinl.la~ral acti~n, .declaring the o.nnexation ''null. and void," but
·:_s~f?Peil~cd ·_ th~- "1}1~tor1c'-' -Memo~ndum ~f Unde~~ta_~ding :bet.~e~-~ the· U.s.- and
l"sJ:.a~i .. ·for· s~p:l.tcgic. Coo~ra·tion: -B~gin hit lick by Ca.ncelli_ni the __
statemOnt-· ait~S~ihe:r:":- · '~o~h; rulers ;i~latCd~~he:ir-· .Q~m siatementt -.(Which ..
dirt indeed'- ma1=-k an· imr.erial.t global. straieg}r for ~~}~ ~hich·· stiP~~t~d that
· it c-o~ld be:· t.G~~i~tc_d · b~ ·-c-~·1 th~~ ~y- ~iil.i ~f~e;z;. ~-· s~x-~o'~th notif'i~ tion •
Beiin's vitriolic statement against Reagan makes it· altogether too
_tonpting to dismiss it1
as ii' it were something Oi'f-.-the·;tvp-Of·his ·hea.c;~due to extrcmo "p..."'""\roCation" at Roagan• s suspension of the liemora.ndum ef ·Under
standing. Nothing,-- ho~c_vcr, .c::>uld be f'ur-f.,her :from thO truth •. _. "The fevered
rhetor~c, like the h~l.tar:-skoJ.tcr _appearance of the rush te _annex_ the Go_lan . ' - . . . . ' . . .. . . . . ' .
_. ~eights, .. Was not_ "pr.o~Oked·-". Nor did it __ suddenl;t i~~ll:e: C'l~~ ~~ to~. o_f
Begin's ;h9&d• , . It.~~-- a calcul~te~, :~_~m~~ta~_~, and ~-ong~-~o _planned a_ct .•
_-· --Ho_W long· agO? - l-~O?=C .1.mp~.¢~tly, ho~-: far backwa-rd does :Begi~. intCond -taking
Israel to its pro-ISrael founding?
;_.At that ,t1.me _.-- in :th~ 1~_s -- Begin_ •-mrk~d, not .so ftUch against British,
much. leSs .u.s. _imporio.~i:;om he hB:~ since £01l.o"!e~, as aAAi_nst tho Jewish iDa.sses·,
whethnr thov wc:t:o fighting for a . . ::;oci:llist republic of Arabs and Jews. !'l= ·Zi"nnists, :~Oo uC:I,U. anxious ,to ccte.blish A. ~o~oland £:or the. JoHs. in_ a.~ of Fn.l:a~tina~ · Boe;i.n 1 s rca~tionary, ·fa.~~ tic -id~-.,i~ru: .for. "Erot~ is~~l" .. (L~nd of Israel), as biblically interpretod.by him, continued to terro'ri~e 'th3se . . . .. 2 . . . .. . .. Jews. Because ib-~ is the issue, wo mus·t probe d~cper int• tha.t Dec. 20
statCment3 road to u.s. Ambassador Sa.muo1 w. Lowis.
The schornifiti and crafty sta.tcmc_nt _begins with .a :ro:f'ercnco _to a period of
--~e1.x~ m~~--Ju~ .during which. tho U.s·. "punished- I::;raol." This, i.t seems, is tho
_.third -~~me since June, 6, lth·~~ t~~ .. U.s •. ~:r11.ic1.;~d l~~aol t s bomb1n8. Or the
Il.-aqi nuoloar l.':::LtctorJ .:lnd a.gai~- on. July 17 when _rSrncl bombed t~e heavily
populated civllinn neighborhood in Boruit. Bce;in crlos a rivor th<l.t ho
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,_ . ., . - . ' ~~~~ _:~r.-: ,'-~sa:~ad'(' the:~:l1Yoc of,,hundrod.s C?.f~·, thousa.nds;ro:t;'.~ cit~z.ens~~:-~when 1 ':·4'1J :f~t•:.- _t?-~ \ ·
-~ bomb:lilg in::-La ball;;>n.-1:ll1od:_::6a..-zy i'nnoceni ~ ~~m, ¥011l~~m;: Md~t- ~.4re~·~, ;,-_ I~~-e~~~ s
-~ ~vJ :vi61.2-tion~_0f:~ir ~-ace~, ("~Ver. • If_~g;- \i~S an .. im;~:;:a~ialist-:;act: _r~ to. far:·>~-1!_1~~ .de-
:-·:·, _ _.:,~ te~g. ~1.\C"..lea.r-_ .cxplo~tion, •. r.a,;.·_.st:rengt.henod ,_'t.be-:~:t>' di-ly_e .f~.;' ~.::~~I;slamic .. - ) .
·-.·,_:•:;.:-.::· Pombii ••,:, ':J>-"•'· '•- -:•.L'.I:_-;';-::_'r;:~-::.:~L': --- .
. ~ :i_:\ ~" •:_,· .: ,·;J .::·..l~r.f::; _-:', ".:.·. -~- .'; -.· ·i'> -:L::; --~ -, : ~- , ~- <: · ;::_,n::I:~·;..::.." ~-:::- ·. r.• . .;.·_: .c: .- '":: :- ~-·~· t' · ,. •. · ,_ --
. :Beg~p.~n.eEf:. ~~~~!3 p;tstory· back ncarl.y 4poo0~ yearS_l .·"The. pC_~p1c. !ti". ISrael •• ,_!'.> .. ,.._· ••• ·; ·'';, .. ;:'~':.~---: ;;:-'_,_;~\' •.• ,~t:;.':::~-;:,':~-""'!.l!.:_,,-. __ , ·:-.~- ., .. ~_-r.::,.~."---·-:~-~-.'. ;",\.' ic:.:i j··)-J~-
t;~V0.1ived-·),700':yci:t.rs withoUt a/i:emoi'andw!l of understariding with America
':ti.ild .urii,_co~iinUc/ :toi}.iv:e:witn()ut. :it_ !=!-n0J.~e~.:::3t '(Q.O!ye~.~· ::!iot-:.sa_,_~isficd :· -y_C·~ ·_m. t)l~ sit~ tiro.g~ hi~ a~t-.--:- ini g~~~rai~-: _ba.c~ :3 .• _(00;-~a.is' _:i ·-~ •.: :at .: ~ r~~gin
-~- ni.ng -,O.f~ JCwi~h: }?.istorY ,-; BogL"l-' creatS.G.' . .s.:til.l: anptqer,,amaJ.~~ :.r !!~:~~~~'?~·· t..~c : ~' :i..-rrpor~~ist.' ·_ a.rmcxa t1on o"!~: the. _Goi.an: .. H~i&h.ts- ,_:t;.o.- tho_ ~a~~~ t_q~phCz:i:q- -~~X~}:. ~,f . ,,_ ·.'.'nat:·-rcScindUlg~ f'a:l.th". _.d~ng. tho .. rnqui.s;t-ii~n, ~:while ;~a~l:J,_ing ,?._l1Y":·.~Pl?8,~;ition
- , . . te· hiS poli_cios -a:a_·. thJ. anti~Scmi~ism .prava1cn:t~ _during ;the ··Inqu~si::t_~~,g-•_. /.'~ere
· a.rq~:those: Hho·-·say ·;-ro_, -m~s_t-; roscind. tho -~Golan ,;t9i~ts law_ t~at _wa._s_. ~_ssc4 .. ;tn the
, ;: ~·.l: ·Knessc,t •. --.~a· roscind is .o. co~c,opt.~fror;F tho_ .dP .. y~ of ;i:P~.- Inqui~i~i:-:o,n"::.-:: ~.ur; f'orc
:·{s: C r,---';_ .f'e.thcrS, were. b.urricd·-.a.t tho otAitc arid woul.d. not- resc-ind .their. fait.~~!~,~ Clearly, • '• " ' - ', ' ' "" -- ., ••• "- '"" " O•r __ • ,J.
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,·:-;.:!r-·:~i}:~~ _th~~-Y~L:_~3 :_d_~~-t~~~"l:-h~ -~~~~- "!;~_= .. ~h~ :-.c:::_?blist'-rncnt, of Isr~.?~t, all
the Jowa _in Palootino uoro "for tho n.ccoptan~o o~.~thc_ ~to~~-t-~~ ~?._o~~~~t~d £or
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t'eS~_t~io~:{~:~rae:l-;:·:~.~ore_uP6n'".:that:-l:~acticinal:y Wldei'grouhd terrCl:iSt,;~MOriaChem ~ ·~E~gi:n~;-as; ti~·aa.r'o:t~tho,..· Irgo...-1:; _· tng•itho;~--\of1th- the :stcffi:.Galtg;:."Oombed :thCrfK1tiS
... D~ci:iiai H~tiil-: w.t tn~ut·.:·~y:'i-c:g~::a.S t~ which 7-J'~Wa:.·weUid:.:-~ Tc1i1cd, :-:~d--i,W:iih but -.-:- ~~:;oil~~ ~i'm't ':ana- 't.h9:t~-w~s"~:t0 ~ urJiemiriS:~ this:~ mtwti. 1 • :n.e:n;:curion andi the ~tha-r:-· ~ead
ers 6'~r_: the' mOvcirient· w6rk3c~)lai:d.- ~o n~t rmly dis~ssociate themselves'- :frt,m. these
gangS ---OUt- :finally ·to con Vi~~-~ tho UN th3t. inrl.ced a maj~ri t:Y nf' Jews woul.d ac- · -~ .:::~:.--:_;. -:,.~.; • .. ;:,:',-:·..-.-,-;·-;· -;;F._.• :.~_ . .<".'-.""· ,v:--.:._ ... i •_rr,.-:.:.~;·; _.;_~--,.:: -···:~.+., ,·,.,· _,' '"': ··-<-:_r -- ·. ___ ,,:_;-:_.- ' -
~ :ce;pt·-tho -~~:recognitiOn~ Of' 't.hG ·-tGi:Ti-torY "thaY OiOUl.d. 'as·sign··.:to' .. IS...-a.cl._;_ · .. ·-:· c -· • :-.,<;> J · r:•;".;. < :'i~' .-..::Y ·:- ~:2- L-; > -.f; '£";;\,,-~_.__, '· i-· --·1fb::~;~~ "': .;;:_:.: ,~ ;: ;--;-.,it;;_~; ""-'.:! : ~- ·~ C ~--; 1 -;: r:, :- ...-J I. ·.1 ->: ,..:
),"f;_;_:' ;,_,: I[:["'W,i~~:~. Wrisi·arfd ;·Loitdbri ~-:th-i-1947 ·-whozi{ r~ mo·t~ ftuito~-a~. f'Enr Geiirian .. Jews
.. :qh~-- H~i ,_.eScaPed --ilie_::HOfOck.USt>· lrora:-h'a.ppy1 t6'. rtiach :Palo~tiilaF .. On~j.-; .to :r.iDd · · COhi!ii'tions: t.hcir&'·'-~·-·both·: the· h06t1~1ty- ~f-·Arabs•-'imd'.'nf.r rOligiOus·.-. :Zionists -
~o"eB:ra~~~~;S ::7ThCi""siOric·s: t..'-ley::.tbl.O.·-:wo:tt{ ·not'·· OnlY: aboUt~ thC'-boinblilg:'O:f"' tho
'} X:Uifi'DB.Viii ~HQ-t'Oit"· b'Ut'·-ttrgtm-'iorr0r:tst·· ~ctS' ng<lihSt 'iildividWl-1~- Jows<.who-,WOre
"::'..~+,r';S't:rugglirii:tc'~f'Oun'd ·a:,:s·o .. Cia.11st·---ropub1fc,{·~as ·Wl1 ___ a·s -· presaure·s~ a:~
·:.:i!j' ·:.·e;terted'- il"SD ·aga'iriSt' mOOer.a:tO. Zi0ri1sts ..;.;... and··.thiY'T-"ung ··1oft Po1az1en1sts --
._._.-7 ·:: f'nf1 at-£0niptwg·zt0 ;.rol:i{ ·a.1.so::Wtth· :the·· Arabs~··,·pro~suXeS' wh·1ch. weire unbell:~Vable. ' (:·:.-·if! iSi-lt.t;.:th''lt: ·o:H-.hCr· .'tho'·"Aia.Os -·a-Ccepted:' thoso JaWs WhO -were; t:""'.fing"':to 1 (fS-tnblish:
~-:•if. se·CU13.£_;St."ltb' :for Jtius"·Md :Arabs,·- ~tr' th~t thG -l:e11ii'ous :Jews: acc6pted-;them.
'ia1king arbWld HJ..th a PiiblO- in ·their h<ihdsf· -tho ·ra11810iis -~ionists .wc:ro·,ispeak-
- · ~- .. in;.;;;.of' "Ii:retz.Isracl,u not. as the reol.ity showed Pa-1-astine to bf3, a. la.nd wharo ~!-~.·~'''>;"-:-:.s ·'-:•_'-.t -:~-_,··~- .=-·--~··::-,~~ !';.J ·-_c:-, ;:~:.-·r:.-,: .. ·:·r."",:":'·:~ ;_>_; -7-----:-- ,"':':-:_r.·-,_:_, -,.;:.c-.'-;.----·~~;-
' .. A:r_t;~.bs, liyei.l.. Instead, they zpoke of it as if' it were "assigned t;:, _tha _Jews by '·r;:·_,_• .. t ~'-!~· ;,,)r:; .. _,·;-_::· -~_.-:_:.5 'f'·•"-·'-' ,_~·-::--,-!:", .:-~-::- :'-· __ ---:.:.,::._.;· ::-·:~: :·:u: .•.•. -;_. --.. ~~~-- -_:·:\.
· Gor:l." Since the comrados f'ound 1 t impossi.blo to work f'ar a·. l;!ecialist rcpub-... - ~.t;:~~::: ·:--·:~ .. ~~- .. -~ .... -:.r.,-,..r--:.'i•_; "."L' -:~~:.,.·-----~. "':·.:;- ._1 __ ·,_··=:· ::-}-_.--... ·:· 11.c,_ or C"f.Gn f"or ~ sacular c;tnte, thoy~ware drfven to beCome eXilBS Eiga.~n,
· f< thl~· tim~~-::r·~-~·~:-Is·:b:ci~·Jr.··· -·-: __ . . , · -- · · .,,,-- :· ~ ··· · · -·;·:· '-7 • .,_,,, ' '"- ,r J:. •· _.__: :· .-.
__ ;,} ':.!. '' :Horci: hO~cvor; ··iS 'hoW ::s~gij, 1.S rc~-Ti ti.rig· 'h1Btr,l.-yr \"-Iri·: 1946 ·nn ~English
.-,-_!gttfii3.r:ll :ni'ni.ed ·nerkeX·i!vad in·,thi:; ho.usc.'·,,,NI'>w I;-'liVo hOre~· ·When we _fought
hi~;; YOU -C-':llJ.e.d _-th::L t terro'rlsm ;'~ ·, It ;1<:a.sn' t --Reagan- 'fho· ·ca11Cd· tho· IrSuii 'and \ ,, .J··. ~-S£ciin · Ging-' tcii-roi:'istS. -; 'n10 · -.. rGws c£ ,-~1eS·t.in8 -~called thGm-- thn. t. · ·It ·is ·-they
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L113~ _ _.no.vor bothG~d._ ~~gill:•. nr,d ho cor~lnly_ ien' t .lotti~:B them ::!'~d in
h1o way n::lll nhon ho is a.ttamptir.g, .:.t ono nr.d_: tha s..'lmG timo, to cion to o. new
L; ;. ::j·Ui"-"0::! hi:a-:.:pa~t: ',-i,.,.;;_-1:!2.::,:;ran::;!"orm· thn.L""'Cri.ct!:!lriarv !do•l~~v.irit:, 'D.I."tJsont state
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·,...~: ;;;:· Begin; is~. bent on_ ~ccuaing ~nyOn~~.l:fl].D d~~c:groc?:)f~th }?.1~--::-0!\<:n~i;:-SSali:tism:: .-::~.In·;-the-.DCc •. ,_20 sta.t.amcnt;> ho wa.u .ih1nk1t}g- about. the-debate over. AWACs. ·: ~e _was •. . ' - " . . -. - ' . . ,,., ' . . ' . . . : . - ' . ' . ~ . . -. . .. ' -. " ,:. -.. ' ;_.:.,~-~~'lx10uS::-to:~st_~~s:~~h9,;~~ugly:_~nt1:-~ornf.t_iC_-., ~pa.ign'~ (l~ing_ -th~~;~~?et~-- on, tJle
· :: .• ; __ Sa.J.egf:ni\:tht:t',~AWACs·,to S~udi ;A.ra.bi~ ... ;. ~Thi~.:-duna to -a~.climax. at the .. mom~~tJwhe·=.·-::.:::.:.;-~ ... ". • ·- - ' • ,• -- • - -·- • :·- <.' ••• -_-· • • • ·- <_ ·- --· •-'-·· '•, ,-~- ·-·· _-•• -· _,_ ~ •• ' l'
· Reag:1ri _said that the F<7hd plri:n _of£e:Xed· a·. basis-.:f•r 'ciiscus_sion __ ~_- :-~_Fr•m-_the.-,_im- . __ ;'-/ . ~~~acy-·of- th~ -Xo~:pon~e ~f Begi.n,_--th~t--~J~~ ~n~- ~1~6~-~~~~~ ~~;tD:d ... ~a ~~ ·:.·~=:::
.·-.'·i\r.:ftb'ing~ but 'rCJc'Ct.iOUtZ..igl-it':an!,·;idea:'_Oi·'.di.SciU~aiO~t it''·haef: be9nt c1Ei'a; that .···:.<· .• : .. ,·---·~.--;,•.· .,. , .. : - ~--· . ·-.-·""; ''··--; . • <: .. · ' .·.. ,-,. .·· .-·. . ..... /· ..•. ~- ·-.Begin-woUld ·do· 'cvory:thine; ·in hiS· power'·tf')·. sCe'·'that ·not:only·the ~Fahd .pJ_.a."l
; i:d_o.ch':not.-'bb'C6Ne _a-: ba.sio· .. f'oi- di~c"usSiOnt ··but·: anY attempt-'b~.;any:-·p•weZ. .to doc
.;.~~; riily:i...h1~ ·a:hOut -any·:.part, of':_ the ·:tO~i tory· oc:cupied·: SinCe .. t~e·: 1967;-wa.r~--'" - .''·.
· '-·:::, ;_:>:. ·:Evc:p,.~o'"'-it_ !!'1:1!3t: b9; ~trc~sed :~~-t .. D~~ll:t does n,..t ro._pre_sent t,ho.-m_ajo_r1ty
": ,o.f! :1;-h.e.):~n:e.cli~ •.. H+~,pa.~y ~s.: a ?l.inP~1.~y,- ;_a~d. th':l ,Wllmly all~.a.!lcc~_~:~;tr:.}he. ::·.\j,:t;Ql.i~i~.utJ_,.gro_~pq,_:whi~?- g1_YG~:-1t a.. ~o.jority· in: the. Parl~ament, _does n:•t .. mJJ.ke
. ·' .. ,.. ·'· ..... ' ... ,. ·, .. ; ·' '·' . . . . .· .. ,;:;(•J it~~·.major::.i.ty._:. ~t~ i::_ho.-:. co~_t! .. ~.· . Not, cnly.aro .. there .. a_·gracit diversity of
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·:~ .Je,H:iap..,_vi~~s,._:in. l;~?-9~t,J.~!1d:_ ~- .r.1o.ss poa~e. moycment, but_ oven Zioni~:t:s ~, emi-. ' - " . . .. ' . . . . ~ '. .. -~ '" -~.::·.~:: ... grating _f;::q~t __ !sr.J;C?l: . .::.s_.-tJ:ley_._f.ind. the . .rallgious t'ano.t1p1sm un~a;rable., ·· ~s
-:.<· •--~~;-~hcm·sch'oc~n put -i~ ·.in his:--~~tiCl~-~·(·~~a t·o~tn~te: 5) ~- ,"~'Th~~- ho~t.il.ity.'o:f . . • '" ... :' ~ .... '" ,, l ... _ .. . -· '' ·-· .•••
· the Chief R<'..bbinctc ~award the consorro.t~ve P.n?: ~1l:>e~l ... dc~om1n~t1_•_ns .in:·
Isriiel. .. showS ho~o~ a .re1_1g1ous cst3.blishrr.ont operates whon in control."
;~ (.' Ir.~· Focum . Counti!r-Revo1ution/Rovolut.l~n
, :'' '"N_ci 'do~b; ~~~t ·:~-~gi~· ·:la~· 'i~'·t·h~' ~T~~\C:~ :~io: was ~-;;~ ~k~t .:j ·tiit to~s -.-~····:.:.'C):,·:.·,:,·!.· ·.'' .. : • .- ......... , :.·] ·· .. :--·.·. ·' ".'";.,-.•·"• ·•.--" ·' .. , .,_.: .. -·.
Saurii Aro'b!.i tho.t it 'i\ssuiricd"ihc' form· Of a: glObal shift in u.s~ ·pelic,Y.-' Thn.t ,:: .... _;.:t~t~ ha'd·;rin oic!,;;'c~·i-' of· trilth ·{n.t.it'·i.~S· .. :clc~f' :fi:O~ ·th~·iaCt thnt u·.s~ iln:Parial-
:. 1~~iad~ ~:d~~J:· ~:~.;~~~· :t~rit~~st.'3'"i-ri .. th0' MiMiu Eaat· thDn d0£onso o:i· Israel
.. 11hi 6.r.n· f'o'r· it.soif\'; 1 ~.n1at ~~~ Pi~:ta.l' ~o¥ u'.s~ 'iffiPo:t-ialiSln is·, ·f.G:~t. the
~si'~~lo With RUSsit\ · -i:O'i ~i.riglc m~riolmly 'contrnl 11i'. 'tho worl:d and,· abo."~ • .... :> :: .. -~·· .:-.•"; [·.·· ·:' ,·6
. -~.~.;_· a'Jt~i.:.rov~~ution.,
-·-rzea·, :.."militll'rioz.oc". -nnti.on ·in ·the H!d(UO ·fu'St, and· was anti-Russia ba'si.dGs·,
U'.s.'· :ilnParinlls;n' cOnoidorcd it·'tha. strntcgio · ki:1gpin' .in :tho ~liddlo ·East·.
: >t.tith';the "AriACs· ·enla·, tho: F:t..":d. .pl.r-.ti~' aml ·:posa1b.1o· noC±'ct. courting •.f th·~ ···PLO, 7 ·
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. ·.;--_, __ ,·_~.-\:B~iii1·s~:Is~~JJCC:a1~ida:ted~U .s-~ ~ iril:PcrialiSril_ so-:~~gartt aiid. conceitCd as to
· ;".""'' _.,_t.hink:Ci.~·:,·cOtil~ ®£TYf·~n-;·a 't{n.f '~EliriSt-2RUsS1U .iii tha~_-·lUddle Eliot~·~ iio<l6nglas
. ·;;:'1_ t·:,&-ad7iis~-~ ,-.. 'inn·-~.fhcY ,nay -~hd~;.ehte:ct.o.inCd. Tl1U~10ns":thc. t'' saudi.'\" Arabia ·:was •Y C"' . • • • " : ' .•> • •· .. ' • • • • .· . . _. .• : ; . • . ' • . • " • • •
.:::-·'_ ··n.ot···o_nly. a~· good'_as-:·Is_i:aCl ro:z:.-·u-;s:o~ b.!:i.s6_s'~"-bilt'th6y w6uld'·have··.the··a.dvantage · · ->-~.--0~(~S~Ji.~One_:·moi:e_~Pl~2.nt~'tRln°-BCgin~ .:~--·--~_,.,-~<"':_ .. :!;-,: •-2r.:. o·.::.<- -~·:,+t .::~"--' :~:'~}·~·~"!
:·; (·~- <:> sr-:.:_:;..:- -.. :--=- -.::· ~'-'-::<·!; ..... ~':!>> ;, :: ·;:: -,~·-: ~j ~~ :· -1:!;' :':1 ~;;::.. .,. r"'. ·-:~ .. ---~~ _";~:-; •
·j ._: lll)llt>1ha.:DJ?.3ited? ~o: :'~i.;l~pl~.i ;-R~~~ri 7k[alg:-:W~.~~~.l.-gox:~ :~ . n~:w- .?.'!tl.()S,t,:.P?}.tJ:le MiMi~: Eas'i -· ~--;t.luit_;\hoY- .COuld.: well-, cio .. ._wiihoiit _:Begin! who- ne~r.-,did~£OJ.iow tho .,. ·.-. ~·; .-.. - ". ,- ... - .... -•. ~"--"' , .. - .--··-· ___ ..... :"·~ -'
:·.Reagan~ :pr96ccuW,ti6n -'With· Russia.S.S · EnGmy. No-, 1-.---led.-to a ra.ther .. .c11d.flir-• ·- - .... _-.- - '- -·-· ,._ ••. _ ··--- c ~ ___ ...... ,_. ,-.··· -: --------~- ---
tation·:.witA._.tho_)tta:h:lands,--_espec~ly~--~~th_J?S:~ _A;?-b~_:and. ~h<l:~-~;_plan. The
trut~, _.ho~ve:i-, is -thri.t neither the: Arab iandS, nor Israel, are ·as preoccupied · ) -''With-'RU~~ih -'iS· th.OY -arc With ·e~ch ~other/ · ThO:-Slight: _~n( tow:lrd.S~- .. ·the _mo~~r
.... -;_ate~ /(i~:i?iahd~-.. ~S-;b--isen: on: thS·-all~~~d faCt 'that~ tb({Falid: Plan .:inciUd.Ca a .. ·.-: ·re:;:ogni£i0n -~;:r ·I::;mOJ>s:-X.igh1:. t:b:·eXist.' -ihou:gn:--thCrO·:·-waG·--no· such .-eXpression
i~:-.the· Pi:m·. _:-tho -RWgah-Ha.lri:..We1nboi:gei "trlti:iVOrate ·relt that- :ttiOy·· co·u1t:f. both
. make 'Oth6rS' bcii.3Vo~_--tha.t-'3 ·:w~~it·:ws~·_meant·, :;u,d .. thus'- tiirii :f'Oi-oii;!l'·poliCy· ·around
--e·yen' -~~:;-_thCY:' h~-c·tiii1d.atc·u Z:ctrogieS~iO_riism·- ~t-. tif.ke~· -nfid.- -eo~t:iii\i.e : --tha."ti-:p~!licy· ·£o~'--th~ir- ·~~-~ph\.1~ o~·~·iirl1.u~·nce•;~. ~;,.,:the_-· pro·ppi.~ up ·of El-' S31vad'or' s·_gc~OcidAl ~;--wa.r.-~itlSt'·i~s··oHfcp·abpi~·.,·". ·>-h' .;_, ' .. ·.~ :-. ···--'· - i~-..
·-~'\:.;:..:, ··" ;,._·-~: <'""·· -~'''-'. - ,•.;.. ·:;}.'··-·· --· .~- ·. ·-;_-_..,_~·-. - '
No doubt~ t.ho.re _l.JUl' .~o oorue modi:f'ioation.o:f' Bogin's stn.tcmcnt and a. much
gr:Jator rotrca~ on the part of RGdgan _so th~t-- oncG _.:tgain some denl or_ double'.
cross c:m oo. _workod out ns_ to IgNOi~;-~ a·~predodiilanOO~~ill·--thO 'Jliddl.e:.Ecist.P. But
_t~~t :t-s ~-n.rrUy_ U~o q~e-Sticn :fox- ~brxist~HtLT.a.nists. What ~s _tpo .issuo is that, • ,_. . • -- ,; . ·-' ~- ,· • - - - • • • • ', --'·· .-•• _., • .- -: :' • : ( J. - ,_. " - ,_' _- '"
.~.--~:! on .one, ·sidq Qith tho 197.9_ revolution in !1.--a.n, tho wholo ~11ddlo Eastern question • -~-·-, •· · ...... -;. ;·.·::··, .. ,,:'•J-'/:.: :-:.: -,,,;"::·'J ·- ;·.-, .• _,_-- "'·~·.:-.;
.,.,t-urner\_. from .ono. -~ota.lly immersed in the An(b-Israol:-1 _conflict n.nd, -of'_ C?Urse, '• ,,- ' ' •' '• ~' •' < '• ' "• - -, ',- • ::<,; ,;:,•, '_,,r' ,"<, 11.' ·•,:;• ,.; •' --·: ;,-, ;< , .. ,.- -- "',"•.,.'~
•,. _ 011, _to _tho.t of' :rcvolutlcri: With .tho current countor-rovolutiann.ry t~ in "l:~n. h~~e~r, ;~t- J-r~ :3~~ -~ri~i,ng' ov~r;wh~~ 1~ n~ti~nnl ;fan:l~i-t:i~~-- {~-~toad of na,t.i~n!ll. i1oo~tio~~-- ~nd -~~ t. s·o--~~lle-d- .;fun·~~onW:l~sm';' -~s £urthoi ,,tninte:i
' -- ~· , _ _- ---~--· >', • .-:, _,.-, ~: 't,_,:"-~··::.~;. 1·,:·. •;-:-- - : :- :--. :. : ._,,_,_,_~
with religious _bi,zotry~ Whether it' a Khmr.oini 'a Shi' ito_ -~~igion,_ m;: ,B_~gin'_s w~holy .. :J.llinnc(! _Hi~ th.) Rnbbi.~ntc (not. to montio:t -h~a r,:X:n.'iSo 0£ FD.i,.;Oli Me!
.:--by·;Falwuli): ~uh:Jthc~ .it's _UCo.ga.n.lcnnin.; ;en _Fnl~oll,'.e.-?Jox:_:l-1 Majeri:t~y, .QE tho
_C:l.th~11o Church-.ill Poland. ~- p.ll·-·of thoso m:m1fa3to.ticns. of-,th<? _.~u~an-:.'_':ra
bil."'i:.h",-~c-r .. ::cli(;lon uro· s1.gns -~.f- :tho~·daf)C!norn.cy __ of ,_tho._e.•pita;uat :imperir-.list
· iHlcl.our. a~c of· Horld dov.aliJp!llOfitl·~ I_t is -putting.,a. quos_tion_ mn~k- o~r·.:t..,_,o .
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. -~,>;.'·: :?:'akc :-t~c .. ~~~~~-~~~-.:~;.- t~.~ Ir~1~i~~ -R~~o1~~~1-~r:-.~~.>:t.~. p~,~e~_t -~~w;tt:~~re~-~~t;qlla.ry:_.~~--". ~O·, 19.79 Revo_1u1:-ion whlch f'irst appe~red as the breath _of'
· :·:~~-~-:-:air;_;ms.-:so:;,ri~t.-~r.i;.·bc~~us~_ '1i,·_t~~-·-_o_~t_:·th~:' __ o~XJ,lo1t.at1~, ··c_~n:~pt _Shah
. ,;:_t~?~_~t·:· ~~f~~:~~-L~--U·. -s. :,_~;~;i~l~-~m-.,_t;,;;, ~~_is:. t~:t~li ta;ia..;,. :-~r,:~-e: .. ~·'!-{ .ai~(1·-~- ·' "''·'"·'''""''"" "~ ~_.'--- m~a-~t~: ... ~rid-_.that' ~bo~6 ali; "~~t- ~ t~tai~~-· n~-~ ~~~~o~~n~ri -_~a b-o~ ~ \n~ .:.~ M~d~e '£~~t • . : ?1o~a~; ~~ ha~{ her:~to~~~ci ;b~a'~-- ~~~~t~ 'Qii; a~d( then :Ara~~i~eli.
. '. ·- :' . . ... : . . _,, : .. '·-· ... -'- .... · . •-.. , ' : ··-·-- --... ,.·. . -· ·.' _." ,·• .
. --_ c¢:1-ip.i_~, .EI.~'?-. ot:tCo __ ag:=-.in,_- -?~l·t ~-~--: ~s · zio.~ :-rev6lutiol\ _p.nd .n:qt onlY. for· Iran
but· the who10 of the· H:tddle East..
~ 1979 .tho re.v:olution ·.ras the detorminant ( and 1.[omen's L~~ration tras
into~l_.to it)·-~ Tho imperialists trore totally- shaken up in the Arab king-. ' " - ' . " . - ' . -..
dorns .. a?. _wo11-, cspoci.:llly wh•m the Nosque __ in-._Meccn was occup_ied. i::l~arly, ~?'lu~C ·tho. Shi~-itGs- .we~ _th~ ~-derP~l~tic~ed,- ihe. Po~~-. th~-. ~~~~s·, ~iigion
,. _ . itsf)l:f._ loo"'aS ~mistaltcr~y .di~~fla~e(l by_ the L~ft, ns if it _wrO- ,simply a s~:~b~~i~~a.~m~t.:tcr. th~t_ wou~d ~o~n"bc. ova~9-~~~ by. t.J:o rovol~tiOn::'-rJ driv~ itself.
InStt:~t, it.wti.S religion in its. ul.ost- ro:trogross1vo 1 fu.ndzl.mantalisi>form,
w:ith ,the,. Ir.D-9-~ .. ·tho Ayr-..toll<;ih l(homcif'.i, at the bend, wht:'t conquered tgtal. power,
- iui:ri~d td:dosti-.,yi!lg. 't.h~ -~~oiu~i~.n~·_and~ t·n.r_ froni -boc~mitig a· bo~cou_ ~lght:fo_r: ~~c ,~hol~_ -!ttdcUc.-Easi.~~ -~~~s bcCo~o one. mo~ pro:P_.\n ~ho u:s.-R~~~ia · _: ..
. - r3.~~.:~ f~;. sinGle_ uorl~ :dominntion.*
* * '. *· -.·
Evor since: Eeypt' s nationnlizntion of th~ Suez C3.nJ.l 1 tiO _ J-1?-.·~ f'ocusod_ on
tho contradictior.s. in_ natiori:tlisl'ls. Thus, though in -1948 wo:' 1-IOro_ for tho os
t:~.blishrncn-t;: o:f Isl."'.Cl anG. ha.vo continuoct to bo f'or its right to oxiot, wo
• 'At.- the --~:Jm~nt when ·"l.ll oycs arc ·~n RusSi:.\' s ~Ountor-~volutionn.l.--y pros-: Ourcs in- Pol<mc\. which brought on m.trtinl ln•-1, Russin is gaining a. foothold in ."J:ci:m. . KGB~ a~qnts ··who . apoa.k · po_:r!'oOt E':lrsl ·arc- tr:lining · rocrui ts1: incl udir.g :rormo·r il!c-nbors of ·tho Shah's hntoct' SAVtJ<, -tor Khouioini' s soc:rot police. Tho Russinn nclvlso:I-3 -hnv,, 1natallod tht;.tir training _cantor in S.'\ltnnllb'b..'ld, outoido Tehran.- in the £ox-m•:r hcndQ.lmrt'c:i:s of SJ\VAK~ S06 1'.!!.!.!21 Nov. 231. 1981.
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rriost sharpiY oppiisod Isra:ol'.s ·irivasiOn •oi' .~tho Stiez.-- .·A~ :Uews &- .LOt.i~rs·,:~x"·~·,- iJrc~s,e_d_ it _in_ltri;lcad ~rticlc_,'. -jary-~ 8·,_ -195(, -~·pre~tio~: £"0~ W:i~?'_•, w~-
~~~:bo_;;s~d ·. thr;.t- :th·o strutf~ic: n:oW- mii~t ~ oo tlOt::: ~niY- ~gD.iZist: ·tne · nlr:.j0£~Dn:t:o~iaJ.:1st~~----b~~--that·-i~~cit:'r.{Ubh·-_tio~r-b:lk·~~'~id :¥~i:~th~-2'I~Oii. gove~~t. · J:d.; i
-~:·--_·-_,:"·.•,-_:__-:" -.··;· .. :.:::·,·_:' ~- :····- ... _._. __ :.,_ --· .... -.--.--.-_,----_,_·: --:. -···--·~ --·---.·-.<'"._, '· tcr:-.:llly,···dospi i:.c -~- t..~e _ JlUbl!.ci~~d. d.em.o_~t!C· .. fusti t'utic-nS~ -:_.the ·_prominoi.~o
Of" :~1;n-:1e~d£~s -·i·ri ··tho' :g6vd~~n.t;·~-the .sti-C:t~1--'2:a!-orms ~lid_. the-:-~ oVS]::pUbliC:i.zed --~· ~- -~·)_' . _- . . ' - -- --,--'- .,._ ~-- ,- "-.· ,__ -- .. -.-
sOc~o.~ experiments iri.CollCctivoS; Tsrael. ·is a_ ·sick societY~'· It'is sick-not;,,· .:: ~-:_ ;~~~ii~i_:.:bc-~~~~:. of ·-d~i'tsid~·;fa~t·o;;s ~--~:_,;~.{_:its--·b..~:$ic _ ccori~niY :_~s --e·s~biiShed --
.. o~---thc -cti~i.i'ai:i.~t prihCiplC Or'-gi-0Wthf"··d~rnanclin€i ever more s~e-at arid ·pri,duc.:..
tion hom its· wo-r!tOr~ in return f'or-'lG;ss."
D6Sp!:£c the· :fnct thn.t- nt thri.t .-mC:lm~rit EiSe~.hOwCr wD.s oppo~i~ British
· 1mpcri~J .. ism, 1-:0 ·lmintCd to· the' ... f'ri.ct'" tila.t: thiS \.;tis· not.- for-anY .PUrPos~s ··of i1<;tiO~~i l:i:b~r:l.tion :rcir the ncWiy. -.iibarat.Cd Stita·,- 'but foi the ~u-.. s~ 's oW
'iriiPPrinlist into::cCsto~ · n.rlG ~J.ON;; ~ith 1t/ne;n.itlst .. :all- p.roie+Zriari roVOlti-
. t,. .. ti:on~. _,.,_: 't{c- th6-rc·ro~ ~ndo·c1 thb 1.~~ :.by saYing thn.t. "at- thi~ · p.!irt:iC_uiar Stago
-1~- r.{J .S'J. -1~C~ _ill~ch- t6 8a1n. :fl."Oit · RtisSl;. • s b~~~- supprCssio~ Of tho ·_Hungil.l:ian: " """ ". " 8 - Rp-.volution;.''·
_: .. ~._ -.-~ _.'The so.nic thini''is<tru·~ nll ~~r--~o.-in iad.:\'y'Wlth th0~_:foeil.-'~?OintJ)0'~ _
- :. ·' · iii:.-.iaruz~iski ··s ·Fo·l:3.~ .. f~ \;~-the ono·:ho.n:~l~ .: o.nd ·BcfiL.,_ ~ s i~raci · -o~- thC _CithCr~ _-It .
is~ .. ~~i -tho ~e;rCr <listurbing tO soCi hc'o·_-Ht'!.llidtiy~ ~"h6. is ccrlainl;Y- a.:kri6w'ledge-
abte .zcvolutionnry, yot is So i~~orsC~ 1~ geopOlitiCs 1nst0nd. Of Philo~
·.·.-
sophy. of 1"0VI)lut1on- that ho sinks into their ground for n.rgumant. ·I run ro-·
t"crri.Y.. .. 3 ·to. v.hF'.t BrzDzim:~k1. hn.!3 Cll.ll0rt- tho "Arc of Cr1s1s .. "9 It is this
· whi.c..l} Ren.gnn-Ha.:tc nrc tryinc to oxocute in tho Gulf region Hhich theY tu?ld
ns- .stl:-etchine f'rorr,· ·Turkey· to llfghanist:-7n, · anr\ including- tho. -wholo· of tho " ' 10
Arnb· worl~l. ··
Ho.llic\._'ly vary nc:u.rly f'orgots tho rovolution, nnll cort.."l..i.nly Woman' a
LtbOrotion, nntl th::~b~ _limits- himsql:f to oxposillC_ how nl~rmiSt is U_~s. ".:~.nd
.'!of~stO~ 1rnp":l~nl1~J!•• . :~ia. only ~ou?-ts _in· Ho.l~1d.."\y ~olt\~. tho yo:lr 1978,
or -~tho~~ -~·cul~rl' r'.11o..1 Scivio_t ,hO~lP tO ~ll:thioPi.i., :.\1.) tho turrlirig _po~Tlt_-in···,iorld politicS_ -"i"n.,s..,t":n"':i,.'i:l,_,,_..._u...._,""',._="'-===""--""="""-"'"'-"
:rr w~-- wore only on tho gro~tl o£_ geopolitics, nml. of: oourso wi:Jh to .oxposo
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·-:~~~-rt"~i~pl!s: slob::U ra~~l ahtl.--how_ cruci!ll-_ tho: H~~~_,E~si.~s; ue_ CouJ.d Prove
it: i_~--}~?;:~i1if~_thl:>:. Trun•a~ --Dcctrb;.~_, _a;d--."_-~t:r0~ch->tl;e_·M1:_~~ ·_Eaa~_ to G~e_qeJ : ~,d· tho~ in 19s7. ~lth Ei~onhower, *'.o: l.o6km\ ~r,;_cti~liy :"revoluUai)a'ry•; ~s
.~:a:: st(ippo·d: th~: B~iti'Sh-FrCnch":..rSraeii·_~t~ck .0~ ·tho_, S~e~---ea:~~-:,;:..:.::~~nd'- n~~l.y, · ~OrgOt-.W~~- \~~ g~~ on thOri in Hungllry, and who.t··R~agan _ic_ doi.n€; -Ii"oW ;1n· -~of.anrl:_:.'iottfnS--~them·- hilng • . :_ ~/-• ·--~--- ,".' J -- • -·. • ,' • ",:;
_:_"':, ·no.J. ---~C ·wo:t-ld -~h·d~d_).:n _-1~7~~ _·_·The_ Iranian Rovol.u~ion· did tha~~ ·_:_the:ugh
·::s..:t- its:Ol:f 1's 'no_~ in- -i:.he··-i;rip_ ~f counttlr-revol.ution, --initiating :the .retrogres-
. _->~;vi)· i:Ju)vuiT,;,;;~t>rXom ·,tit.~.1h •.. ·rnd~b:tta.bly, cthc·_/~~-0t_E~St -e~~my;> ~s __ ~t.:l;~m~:•---~l~Y:s a.'t-- horn~.: Thrit :i:s· 'why_ tho ·class Strw_.slc -.13 so deciSive. Extended, --t~-t is
- ·what· rcVolut:ion_:ls~ '.Boc<luS~ tr..1.t 1~ hn.:rdly- i:.hO· goal of:' world. imperio.iiSlrt. . ' . ' ' .. ~ ,- - .
. beginning arid .cnrlincr uith the two nuclcn.r titano -- tho.u.s .• and Ru~sia -
~t--i_S·~trying t_6 m9-k~ the illl:th:inkablc -·- 11uclcar War:-- ·thinkable~\ ThOre
can 00 no ra'So~ut_ion -to, any o£ 'ti:Osc confiicta--othor' th.:m -by a total :social.
rovolution.
ib.p. Dllll:aYovski\ya:
D-~t:ro~ t~ liich~gan_
~·-· 1 . ' . . . . . . From ·.th~ st..'\rt -- tho __ Ct.l.np David_ 1:\i-:rucmont -- wo pointed to the f'ri.ct
- tha.t _Carter u~s so "n0xiblo" on "solf'-rula" -tha~ ho f'oWld :1t· evan'"~ Israeli guns" in tho "eontinu~d- 'mili tn.ry·· occul-a.tl•)n''bOth of' tho- ~-lost Bc.nk of_ Jo:ma~ (Hhich Dozil! l)Orsistod in c'l.lling Jlll.lcn.- nnd Sn.r.~aria) and tho Egyptian_G.-.zo. Str1r)o 11 Soo 11Shift.ing Alli~nccs 1.n tho Nidd1o- East, II ~ & Lctt.~rq, Jru:u::u:y-Fobr\!O!.ry :~9Z~.- · ··
2.,r~~ wh~lo "Jcwich Qucst.ior." ch:m,.)Od -r.:l.dica.lly with ~he- Naz~ -co~q~ost. o~ powor. On the ono h~nd, such torrorlata ns Begin omcrgod, On tho other siclc thcro woro I'JUch l)r'JAt rovolutlonn.rios. -':\$ Trot:lky. As he himsol~ ox:proasccl 1t.
1 "Thu JcHich quootion hn.s nn\tr.Jr occupied tho ·center of' my 3-ttcn
tion; But thr.t docs ·not mo::\.n that ! h~vo tht1 right to· bo blind· to tho Jowlsh pi:oblont which ox5.!ltn o.nd d-.lm:mito t•.- nolut.ion ••• Dl~CO.yinr; c.::.pitn.liom has cvcrywhoro ewUll{J o"·cr- to nn oxn.ccr"tx>.to<l n:l.tion:-.lloms one p:lrt o£ rrhich is ,'\nt1-Sorntt1snl.. ... Ho opponoll Zioniam b~t. n-et n~tionn.l liburo.ticin,
ln.·," nt::.tc::-.cnt_ \:o.s 1mblinhoc"~ ,d,th :1 Doc. 20. ,tntcl.lno ~m Jorusnlom in tho t~c~w Yol'k 'l'!r.:cn, Dec. 21 1 1981,
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4500, thC· s:pcC:t~ iSsUC ··of' Ti1e· NC.tiCln; D(fc~ 5,-·1981--~ devoi~d tO· the- Middl·e
·.·East.. Soo a.J..so ·1fo::u:r. _chomsky (whose Peace in-- tho Middle East?-Rcf16ctions··on Justice and l:{a:f:.ionhood shC?l!l:-~ ·also_ be ~cns~t~d)- wh_o quot_os a ·1907· _view: _of' Zi.p!'lism.. "'"hich hc1c1 · thct' 'it _1as riacessa.ry "tO~ avoid- a narrow; limited· ·:nati0nal.·if~:7,.,h1ch- "fOuld"'soci rio f'urther'tban itscil"· {Aharon Cohen, Israel.· and--the;
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_ -- ::.·. -~ .... Sec ... '!RcvisltinG Zionism .. by'- Gorshom Schocken,: j_n__ New- York--Re'\rieW of'·_'',,c:.c: .. : .. ,:."'"'·''''~'" ~~-_May 28, 193L In it, SchoCkEm, Editor ·of' -thri~ISra.i311 nowsp..1.per Ha' aretz, docs,~- _:voJ.U:lblo j9b __ in tracing .the cta.nges -in ,tho Zionist ·ideology~ :t'.rom ·i.ts i'ound.lnz bY -He:61. during ·_tho an+.i-Som.i tic :pOgroms' in Russia· and·_East Europa in·:_-thc·-188os, to 1-rh.:~.t it-1-s i.n the.·prcscnt-.t.."lco~tic sta:~·.o£ _IsrnoJ. •. :-1~c.t .h:-'3.-s _a dircct:rcle.ticnship .t_o our f'ocus presently is his viC:w _that "Israol p;l.yS ·a very hir;h prj,ce for the concOrdat Hith the religious gro_ups --
-~ in m.Oriey' as wall. c.s·· in other va.luas. ·Aml tho vrice. to Israel of 'tho unholy · cornbinatioil o:f' religious extremism m1d nati_onaii_st ~ticiam _whiCh doesn't :!::'Cnll'y fig:uro i.'l C.!'ly Zionist doctrirlc;, 'cannOt ,Yct be asscsst;!d."
~T'~i~ is soon even mora ct.<:~.rkly in t.ha current nttitudo to Poland. Soo tho lo~d ·n.rticlc On "Pol:n.nda Revolution and Co_~ter-Rovolution" :til NOW~ &
·:LO-Ltk'r5, ·Jo.nua.iY;_FobruaZ.y 1952•
7so~ Businosc lfook, ·-r;ov. 30, 1991. 8soc my :_!l~.!l.lysos which ti.--:'!C~ throueh tho so developments from -"'J.'bo Arab-.
Israo1.l.-.Collin!.'OnJ" Juri.o 1967, tl'-.rou.3h- "Anti-SomitiS!il, Antl-Rovolution, Ant1-Ph11oe?r.h:n -- V-S; -o.r~~ Russi~ Ento:r tho !'Iiddlo East Cockpit, a in Fcbrnn.ry 1969; and: again- in- "The Mid.cUo East Erupts" in ·wn.r, tfovcmbor 1973, and tho shift in gloli:ll :politics th:i.t :followe-d, in Docombor 197J~ On n. new l.ovol, this t-brxist~
-Humanist oi13lyoiS boS"l.ri:i ~~.n· iri 1976 l-dth both tha -.. UN Roaolutiori on· Zionism-.oand I'loologicc.l Obfuscation /-.lso on tho Lo.ft," anrl "Lob:l..,om 'It1o Teat
"Not Only_ oi" tho P.L.O. but t..i-to Whole Loft,.._ ondinG with two nrticlos on tho "C:tmp D::wirl :Swnrilitl PO'\cu in ~-tho l11ddl0 Ea.st--oit- ExtensiOn 0£ u.s. ImporiilJ.·-:-ism?"'- .J6.tiUirY-Febr~&r,y and October 1978. . . .
9Th? opocinl tenth. nnnivo:r-s..'l.y .i~auo of f1ERIP Roports, Octobo~DocombOr 1981, c;lrrios t:-ro _ f.:J.rt1.cular1Y 1f1lporto.nt arM.clon. _D::1c_ is. tho "Arc of __ Cris ls nnd tho Nol-l, Cold Wru.~" by Frod H:1.lllc1'ly, nnd tho othor is n.·roviow _of' EdW3rd W. So.id 1
G Tho guost:!.on o:f Po.lcstino, by Bcshnr::t Doum..1.n1, titlorl "Contesting Zionis:::u. ~o Viuwo of" Said' a Question of' Pa.ltlntin.i.'_" : ~ -
10soo Tho /~r:-.b .lforl<l nnt\'
Tho /~r~b3 by :In-dno nod.inoon .• Iarn.ol by /.hin.i.tt El
!?co 'O:'lco_Tho Ara.b Kotlsy Mel Eli Lobol 1 o.nd Lo:rt by Tnro'l Y. Ismnol.
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