Word: abu
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...eleven years of Israeli military rule and also guarantee them domestic autonomy. The improvement in the Palestinians' status falls far short of their goal of independence, but some moderate Palestinians believe it would be advantageous to grasp even the tenuous levers of self-government that Israel offers. Says Hatim Abu-Ghazaleh, 42, a Gaza physician: "Our basic national duty is to engage the Israelis in a political dialogue." Adds Abdel Attrif, 61, former mayor of the West Bank village of Ein Yabrud: "Camp David was not that bad. It means an opening for peace, and that is what...
...stations and about 1,000 miles of roads. Jerusalem continued to develop the Sinai even after the disengagement agreements of 1974 and 1975, under which the Israelis pulled back from the Suez Canal, the Egyptians reduced their forces in the area, and the Israelis returned the Ras Sudr and Abu Rudeis oilfields to Egyptian control...
...OPEC councils, it is almost certain that some price increase, possibly along the lines of the Saudi Arabians' suggestion of 5% on Jan. 1 followed by subsequent hikes of 2% or 3% at "relatively frequent intervals," will be adopted when all the cartel's members meet in Abu Dhabi in December...
Unfortunately for Israel?and for the prospects for peace in the Middle East?Arafat's pleas seemed to be falling on receptive ears. His archenemy, Abu Nidal, a onetime Fatah member who broke away to establish his own terrorist gang, sent word from Iraq that he was willing to agree to a truce with Arafat, whom he had previously accused of "treason." If the Palestinians manage to patch up their quarrels, they will be able to pay more deadly attention to the Jewish state...
Iraq has also become a sanctuary for Palestinian rejectionists who believe that Arafat's stance toward Israel is too moderate. The principal fedayeen rebel is Sabry Khalil Bana, 40, whose code name Abu Nidal means Father of the Struggle; he heads a dissident Palestinian group known as Black June, after the month in 1976 when Syrian forces invaded Lebanon and fought the Palestinians. Abu Nidal, whose terrorist credentials include a 1973 attack on a Pan Am jet at Rome's Fiumicino Airport in which 34 people died, is under a P.L.O. death sentence for disobeying orders. Last week...