Prime Minister Menachem Begin had for weeks remained uncharacteristically silent in the face of mounting public criticism of his policies by prominent American Jews, but last week the Israeli leader spoke out. In an open letter to one of his most persistent critics, Leonard Fein, the editor of the U.S. Jewish monthly Moment, Begin said: "On matters that relate to the national security of this little nation in the land of Israel, please refrain from proffering advice, at least in public, within earshot of our enemies who conspire to do us evil."
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