Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Advice to the U.N. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban called a press conference in Jerusalem and once more spelled out his country's position. "We have looked in vain for any sign of moderation in the official attitude of the Arab states," he said. "There are no such signs at all. The Khartoum conference decided on three principles: no recognition of Israel, no negotiation with Israel, no peace with Israel. These resolutions cannot be described as moderate decisions...
...discuss Yugoslavia's relations with her neighbors. Wouldn't somebody say, 'Now what is Abba Eban up to? What business is it of his?'" Then Eban posed much the same question for the United Nations General Assembly, which reconvenes later this month to discuss the Arab-Israeli war. What business is it of the U.N.'s? he asked. "Our advice to the General Assembly will be not to attempt what is beyond its power and responsibility. The main responsibility for working out a solution of this conflict rests in the area itself...
Boycotts rarely work, and the Arab effort to starve the West for oil proved to be no exception. While Europe tapped costlier supplies in the U.S. and Venezuela, three months of a some what leaky embargo by Arab countries on oil shipments to the U.S., Britain and West Germany merely robbed their own treasuries of millions in royalties and taxes. Last week, almost as swiftly as it was imposed during the Arab-Israeli war, the ban for all practical purposes ended...
First Saudi Arabia, then Kuwait, Libya and Iraq-the four major Arab oil-producing states-agreed to resume shipments in keeping with the deal struck two weeks ago by Arab heads of state at their summit session in Khartoum. Another three months of embargo, explained Egyptian Minister of Economy Hassan Abbas Zaki, would cost the West $770 million worth of oil but would deprive the Arab producers of $870 million of income. Only Algeria, the fifth-ranking producer, kept its embargo. And even that involved more symbolism than substance, since the overwhelming percentage of Algerian output goes...
...month, but silting from its sandy banks may require fresh dredging. Oilmen glumly predict that Egypt's Nasser will keep the artery closed at least until year's end and perhaps indefinitely. He can afford to sacrifice his chief source of foreign exchange because other Arab states promised in Khartoum to give Egypt a $266 million-a-year subsidy-about equal to the canal's annual toll revenues...