Word: arab
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decreased in Israel and anti-Israeli propaganda and lob-bying, from Palestinian quarters, are both at a low point. It would not be surprising if Israel were tempted to disregard the Palestinian issue even more than it has in the past and concentrate on dealing with the various Arab states. Stability in Lebanon--a condition likely to be achieved in the near future--and a concomitant rise in tension in the Russian-Arab-Israeli-American arena will further encourage Israel to concentrate on this great-power diplomatic front...
...less right wing and eccentric. Once he called for sending unarmed U.S. troops "who could be armed if necessary" to southern Africa under U.N. auspices to prevent a bloodbath there. He expressed open disdain for homosexuals and expressed misgivings about a California law prohibiting business collusion with the Arab boycott as an unwarranted interference with free enterprise. Among the more intriguing questions of the next few years: what the tradition-minded Senate will do to Hayakawa, and vice versa...
...gunrunners are finding Greece's system of free ports ideal for their purposes. For example, goods delivered to the free ports of Salonika or Piraeus for transshipment are placed in sealed warehouses and are not liable to inspection. Some shipments intended for the Palestinians in Lebanon originate in Arab countries. Packed in cases that often identify the contents as fish or an equally harmless commodity, the weapons are shipped in roundabout ways, like from Benghazi to Hamburg to Athens, to avoid interception by Israeli patrol boats. Other weapons come from international arms merchants, who routinely sell to the highest...
Businessmen are afraid that hardliners in the new Congress may press for even stiffer laws against the boycott and blacklist. That, businessmen contend, would only drive Arab business to other countries, and make it increasingly difficult for the U.S. to pay for the growing amount of oil the nation imports from the Middle East. Administration officials also are concerned that a tough stand will cost the U.S. its diplomatic leverage with the Arab states. Such fears are in no way allayed by a California antiboycott law that goes into effect Jan. 1. Under it, all California corporations that cooperate...
...city itself is "the only ancient place I've ever seen whose antiquities are not on display as relics but are in daily use." People he meets on a nearby kibbutz work in the fields until the afternoon, then listen to Mozart and discuss nuances of Goethe. An Arab who is mildly sym pathetic to Israel has his car blown apart by terrorists; Israelis confide pro-Palestinian sympathies. The nation, demoralized by the Yom Kippur War, is also torn-and sometimes transfigured-by diversity. Young violinists audition for Isaac Stern ("a death-defying act on four taut strings") while...