Word: abu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whose leadership consistently has needed the tempering hand of more pragmatic strategists in order to turn propaganda into organization, and organization into action. Thus, Fatah's rise to prominence appears to have been more the result of the ideological and tactical guidance of those close to Arafat than of "Abu Ammar" (Arafat's code name) himself. And the group's earliest strikes against Israel were due to the planning and materiel of Syrian officials. As Arafat appears increasingly hamstrung in 1976, the intriguing question arises: how much is his powerlessness a reflection of "the way it's always been...
Initially at least, the new peacemakers met with little opposition, and even some enthusiasm. "There was no incident at all connected with their entry into the Beirut suburbs," reports TIME's Abu Said Abu Rish from the Lebanese capital. "In the column that pushed down the main Beirut-Damascus highway, one tank crewman was singing Arabic songs through a megaphone; another sat atop his turret playing a shepherd's flute. In some places the troops were received with slaughtered lambs. In others women threw rice and tincture of orange blossoms over them in the traditional sign of welcome...
...effect of Zayad's campaign has been to polarize Nazarenes into a self-conscious Arab minority, and this worries some of Zayad's townspeople almost as much as it bothers Jerusalem. "We are Arabs, yes," says Restaurant Owner Abu Nassir, a Catholic, "but we are Israelis too. For 28 years we have lived in harmony with the government. What Zayad is doing is dangerous. You cannot fight the government and expect to live in peace...
...program appears to have millions of listeners in many Arab countries; Basri says taxi drivers from Jordan to Abu Dhabi are implored by their passengers to tune in, and Arab men regularly gather round radios in coffee houses in such places as Syria, Egypt and Kuwait. Even though there are no postal links between Israel and Arab nations, Doctor has received some 15,000 letters in the past five years; they are either brought into the Israeli-occupied West Bank by Arab visitors or mailed through neutral third countries. In a typical note, a Jordanian named Kasim Abu Abas complained...
Many voters are unhappy with the results of the second Sinai accord; they claim Israel got nothing of substance from Egypt in exchange for surrendering the Abu Rudeis oilfields and the Sinai passes. Last week the Cabinet recoiled when Rabin outlined the gist of a new U.S.-Israeli approach to further Middle East negotiations. To maintain diplomatic momentum, the U.S. has proposed continuing discussions among Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Syria, toward an "end of the state of war." When Rabin brought the proposal to his Cabinet, he was pinned down in a crossfire. Hawks accused the Premier of being ready...