Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wept at the Wailing Wall-tears of grief for the children who lived in those Arab huts cleared away by Israeli bulldozers, for their parents and grandparents who are homeless, or dead; tears of anger at the Israelis who prayed with self-righteous piety before their "holy" wall, oblivious to the suffering of the families driven out to accommodate Jewish religious fanaticism. The picturesque houses and narrow, winding streets have been replaced by a broad courtyard to accommodate 200,000 devout Jews...
...that the establishment of Israel in 1947-48 and its recognition by most countries could be compared to an act of eminent domain by the international community. The other half of what I said was this: that therefore the world community, and not only Israel, in justice owes the Arab nations substantial compensation for resettling permanently the Arab refugees, and for replacing the pre-1947 Arab-tilled land in Israel by a larger acreage of improved and irrigated land, created in other Arab countries with international aid within a reasonable period, 15 or 20 years, once Israel's right...
Fragmentary Answers. The attacks ended 35 min. later, leaving 34 officers and crewmen dead, 75 wounded and two large questions unanswered. Why was Liberty, a sophisticated U.S. electronic spy ship monitoring both sides' communications during the Arab-Israeli war, cruising so close to the battle zone? Why did the Israelis go out of their way to attack a neutral ship...
...Middle East. Nor is the U.N. offering much practical help. After Soviet Russia weighed in with a draft resolution demanding that Israel give up all it had won, delegates from Zambia, Somalia, Malaysia and Burundi read off lengthy speeches asking that Israel be condemned for attacking the Arabs and forced to retreat from Arab territory. Yugoslavia, supported by 16 pro-Arab nations, submitted a resolution calling for Israel's unconditional withdrawal but not condemning her as the aggressor. Nepal, Peru, Ireland and Argentina, among others, supported the U.S. view that any withdrawal must be accompanied by an Arab agreement...
...lost matériel, destruction of property and a three-week fall-off in production. To cover these costs and to build up foreign currency reserves, the country is depending in part on a stepped-up drive for tourists. Says Tourism Minister Meir de Shalit, "After repelling the planned Arab invasion of Israel, we are now preparing to welcome the friendly invasion of visitors from all parts of the world." Greece's Olympic Airways last week issued an invitation in an ad that showed a Boeing 707 draped with an olive branch and quoted Isaiah: ". . . and there shall...