Word: arabic
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...loss of Radcliffe in the HR combination opens up whole new doors of fun acronyms. HRSAS (the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Arab Students) could become a sassy-sounding SASH (Society of Arab Students at Harvard). And sadly, musical organizations seem to be particularly vulnerable to less flattering connotations in this new Radcliffe-less world. The elegantly constructed HARMONY acronym (Harvard and Radcliffe Musical Outreach to Neighborhood Youth) will be rechristened to a less charitable Harvard MONY. And alas! Our prestigious philharmonic, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HO), will be condensed...
...Britain and--after 1920--designated by the League of Nations as a "National Home" for the Jewish people. He rose to prominence in the growing Zionist-socialist movement. The increasing anti-Semitism in Europe during the 1920s and '30s sent waves of Jewish immigrants into the country. Furious Arab leaders launched a rebellion against the British and a holy war on the Jews. Much earlier than others, Ben-Gurion recognized the depth and rationale of Arab objection to Zionism: he was aware of the tragic nature of a clash between two genuine claims to the same land. His position...
...Nazi inferno in barbed-wired detention camps, world opinion grew more and more sympathetic to the Zionist prescription for the plight of the Jews. This strategy helped bring about the favorable atmosphere that led to the 1947 U.N. resolution, partitioning Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state...
...British left, attacks on Jews were unleashed all over the country. On May 14, 1948, in accordance with the U.N. resolution, Ben-Gurion proclaimed Israel's independence, ignoring last-minute admonitions from Washington and overruling doomsday predictions by some of his closest associates. Within hours, military forces of five Arab nations invaded Israel, joining Palestinian militias in an openly declared attempt to destroy the Jews. It was the worst of several Israeli-Arab wars: 1% of the Jewish population died, as well as thousands of Arabs. More than half a million Palestinians lost their homes; some fled, some were driven...
Between 1949 and 1956, Arab states drew Israel into a cycle of guerrilla attacks and retaliatory raids. In 1956 Ben-Gurion, aware of an Egyptian military buildup, escalated the conflict by storming the Sinai peninsula. The operation was coordinated with a French-British assault on Egypt. To Arabs, this was further proof of Israel as a toll of imperialism. To Israelis, this was Ben-Gurion's way of securing 11 relatively peaceful years...