Word: arab
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...though Saudi Arabia had threatened to bar the Aqaba Gulf to unwanted ships. Israel, which had celebrated the Kern Hills' first voyage with crowing triumph, this time censored news of its arrival, apparently concluding that the safest way to keep the Gulf open was to avoid stirring up Arab pride...
Thus an issue which had seemed explosive only two months ago seemed to be gradually subsiding into a tacit acquiescence. As usual, Arab leaders were making suitable protests to satisfy their public. Last week they ordered the Kern Hills blacklisted in all Arab countries. They had already asked Iran to refuse to sell any more oil to Israel; Iran promised, but it is not yet clear whether Iran will object to having its oil sold to various "John Does" who might or might not sell to Israel...
...months after, no Arab nation had made such a move...
...year is out the figure is expected to reach 100,000. Many of the latest wave have come from Egypt; of 17,000 Jews who fled Egypt since the Israeli invasion of Sinai, 8,000 have gone to Israel. Other immigrants came from French North Africa, Poland, and the Arab Middle East. Many fled, fearing persecution; most arrived broke...
Israel's population now stands at 1,800,000. Said Defense Ministry Director Shimon Peres last week: "Israel's security will not be assured until we have a population of 5,000,000." To which Israel's worried Arab neighbors ask: How long will it be before Israel is demanding Lebensraum...