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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday. January 21, 1992
Shamir promises in campaign to increase Jewish settlements
The Associated Press
BETAR ILLIT, Occupied West Bank — A defiant Yitzhak Shamir kicked off his re-election campaign yesterday with a promise to build more Jewish settlements in the occupied territories despite U.S. opposition.
To the cheers of 300 people at the Betar Illi settlement near Jerusalem, the prime minister said the West Bank and Gaza Strip were promised to Jews by God and would remain Israel's "forever and ever."
But Shamir toned down his rhetoric at a news conference afterward, saying expected early parliamentary elections would not slow the Middle East peace talks in Washington.
"It is our feeling that we are making progress," he said of the talks.
But the strategy set Shamir on a collision course with the Bush administration, which has asked Israel to halt construction of Jewish settlements during the peace negotiations.
The double message was designed to win the support of ultra-nationalists who oppose Shamir's offer of autonomy to Palestinians, while not alienating the majority of Israelis who want the peace talks to continue.
The United States contends that the settlements are an obstacle to peace with the 1.7 million Palestinians who live on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which were seized by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.
Washington has linked the settlement issue to Israel's request for $10 billion in U.S. loan guarantees needed to settle immigrants. The request is expected to be debated by the U.S. Congress in early February.
Missouri governor's nephews arrested
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Two nephews of Missouri Gov. John Aschroft were arrested yesterday and booked on charges of cultivating marijuana in a home near Southwest Missouri State University, police said.
The Associated Press
about 50 marijuana plants and a sophisticated lighting and irrigation system, Detective Richard Counts said.
Officers raided the home and found
tion officer Brian Pesek said.
Alex Ashcroft, 25, and Adam Ashcroft, 19, were booked into the city jail on suspicion of cultivating marijuana with intent to distribute and felony possession of marijuana, deten-
A third man, Kevin Sheely, 24, was booked on suspicion of cultivating marjuana with intent to distribute, Pesek said.
All three were released last night pending an investigation into the case, Springfield police officer Jim Hugo said.
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