The name was familiar, but his American hosts had trouble with the pace. In three weeks, erudite, easygoing Ze'ev Binyamin Begin, 37, son of Israel's Premier, managed flying visits to 20 U.S. campuses on a private, expenses-only trip to bring "the message of Israel" to students and, it was hoped, offset what his countrymen see as rising anti-Israel sentiment among American youth. "People don't have to agree with the Israeli government," conceded Begin, "but I think we have a valid position." Binyamin is a geologist (with a Ph.D. from Colorado State University), "a...
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