Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...doctrine involves an implicit moral commitment to protect the interests of Israel, including use of the Suez Canal for peaceful shipping. He echoed the hope of several Jewish leaders that the Gaza Strip not be returned to Egyptian jurisdiction until there is a final settlement of the whole Arab-Israeli dispute...
Since Saudi Arabia has become a cornerstone of the Eisenhower doctrine in the Arab world, this makes it much more difficult for the United States to give Israel the support she demands for her shipping. Those who know King Saud say American pressure on the issue might change him from an influential friend of the United States to a bitter enemy...
...present crisis in the Middle East, which "could explode at any time," Slessor said President Eisenhower had given Israel a "promissory note." He felt that either the U.S. must "face up to this responsibility" to guarantee the rights of Israel, or she will lose great prestige among the Arab nations and around the world. Slessor also noted that "the Suez and the oil it carries is absolutely vital to the European economy...
...Although it is designed principally to preserve the vast stretches of Arab territory from Communism, it also applies to the Arabs' sworn enemy, tiny Israel, without taking sides...
...possible to bring home the bacon in the Middle East last week, but when the Arab cat tasted the milk of Israeli withdrawal, the process at least got started. The Syrians let the Iraq Petroleum Go. start repairing the pipeline pumping stations which Syrian soldiers blew up during the Suez-Sinai invasion last November. In ten days, by laying temporary pipes around the blasted stations, the oil company plans to begin pumping oil at 44% capacity-enough to replace nearly all of the crude oil that Western Europe has had to buy from the U.S. since the Suez landings...