Word: arab
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remarkable reversal for Arafat, who had been snubbed at the Arab parley in Amman just seven months earlier. Last week, as the Arab leaders attempted to forge a united response to the continuing intifadeh (uprising) by Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, the P.L.O. once again seemed to be bouncing back in Arab estimation. Earlier in the week, the Palestinian cause (though not the P.L.O.) received a boost from Secretary of State George Shultz during a five-day tour to promote a U.S.-sponsored regional peace plan. "The fate of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism are interdependent," he said...
Arafat's reception in Algiers contrasted with the setbacks of the past six years. In 1982 the Israeli invasion of Lebanon scattered Arafat and the P.L.O. into exile across the Arab world. A year later, a feud with Assad led to Arafat's expulsion first from Syria, then from Lebanon. In 1986 Jordan's King Hussein angrily dissolved an agreement under which a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation would conduct peace negotiations with Israel...
Violence nonetheless continues to plague the occupied territories. The Israeli-appointed mayor of the West Bank town of El Bireh was stabbed outside his office last week, presumably by Palestinian radicals who have warned Arab officials against cooperation with the occupiers. A day earlier, a nine-month- old Palestinian girl lost her left eye to an Israeli rubber bullet fired during a clash between soldiers and protesters. Two days later, a Palestinian was killed near Nablus. The six-month toll: more than 200 Palestinians dead, 5,000 wounded...
...battered is Iran? The question is being asked more and more frequently these days, not only in Arab chanceries but also in Washington and the capitals of Western Europe, as Tehran attempts to cope with a series of unexpected setbacks. After nearly eight years of war with Iraq, Iran suddenly finds itself on the defensive, forced to regroup and rebuild after decisive defeats at the hands of the Iraqi army. The battlefield losses in turn have increased tensions between radical and moderate factions among the ruling mullahs and led the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to bestow his title of commander...
...diplomatic front, Iran is as isolated as ever, especially from its Arab neighbors. At last week's Arab summit in Algiers, the leaders declared that the 21-member Arab League was "in total solidarity with Iraq and its defense of its national territories." Alone among the Arabs, Syria, which supports Iran, raised mild objections to the statement...