Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...World War II the British, trying to shuck off some of their worldwide obligations, sought to leave behind a Palestine that would in effect be a single federal economic unit with two divisions: a Jewish state and a larger Arab one. By that time the Jews had narrowed the Arabs' population lead to two to one, and by their industry and Western talents had made themselves Palestine's senior partner. Their young men had served bravely with the British and won Britain's obligation and sympathy. When Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin then tried to hold them down...
...armistice of 1949 left Israel a misshapen territory about the size of New Jersey. It was hemmed around by the hate of 900,000 Palestinian refugees and the vengeful memories of five defeated Arab nations. Economically the infant country was dependent on world Jewry for $100 million a year in aid. The Arab conviction was that...
...that Israel had to learn to live peacefully with its neighbors if it was to survive as a nation. In 1953 Ben-Gurion suffered an election setback and retired to a pioneer desert community. Into office went Moshe Sharett, a modest, cautious lawyer who made some effort to diminish Arab hostility, to settle the problem of the 900,000 Palestinian refugees, to let some of them back into Israel and to join with Arab states in diverting Jordan water to desert land on which refugees could build new homes. The Arabs rejected all of Sharett's proposals...
...would ever win for Israel what they might win for themselves, the Israelis preferred to make their own way in the world. Said Ben-Gurion: "Israel will stand or fall by what is achieved in Israel." If desert settlers were to be protected from the endless sneak raids of Arab infiltrators, Israel must attend in its own way to its border security. Ben-Gurion returned early last year from the Negev desert to active duty as Defense Minister. Just eleven days later Israeli armed forces carried out a smash ing raid on the Gaza Strip, in reprisal for acts...
...Tories' most influential editorial voice and an un questioning supporter of force in August, now tempered its support with "deep disquiet." It deplored Britain's decision not to consult the U.S. and the Common wealth, feared that there would be a "strong reaction" from the Arab world. Demanded the Times: "Was the need for speed really so great that President Eisenhower had to hear about the Anglo-French ultimatum from press reports?" There were also uneasy questions from Lord Rothermere's staunchly Tory Daily Mail (circ. 2,071,708), another August advocate of force...