Land Of Israel

JERUSALEM -- In what began as a dispute between the United States and Israel over financial aid, Israel's government now is being forced to choose between two goals central to its ideology: the absorption of thousands of Soviet Jews and the continued expansion of Jewish settlements in disputed lands.is a stark choice that Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir probably never expected to face.Since Israel captured the West bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 war, every U.S. president has publicly opposed the development of Jewish settlements in the territories, arguing that it would obstruct negotiations for peace.