Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...split over the summit was symbolic of everything wrong with so-called Arab unity. Four years ago, Nasser and Feisal took different sides in the war in Yemen, a microcosm of the far larger struggle between the Socialist and conservative forces in the Middle East. By early this year, Feisal was talking up the possibility of an "Islamic" summit meeting next March that would theoretically include all Moslems, but clearly had the aim of rallying anti-Nasser leaders into a single alliance. So far, Feisal has strong support from non-Arab but strongly Moslem Iran, as well as Tunisia...
...little over two years ago, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser convened the Arab world's first summit conference in Cairo, and managed to build a façade of "Arab Unity" against the common Israeli enemy. In a swirl of fellowship and flowing robes, Arab Kings and Presidents embraced as brothers, organized the Palestine Liberation Organization, set up a joint Arab military command, and created a committee to plan the diversion of Jordan River headwaters flowing into Israel's Sea of Galilee. The façade has been crumbling almost ever since, and last week with...
...postponement" of the Algiers summit, declaring: "We cannot sit side by side with reactionary elements." That seemed to kill any chance of a summit. Then last week, Feisal announced that Saudi Arabia would not go along with postponement. "More than ever before," said Feisal, "there is dire necessity for Arab summit conferences, in order to unify the Arab effort." Moreover, said Feisal, his country, which is the Middle East's second highest contributor ($22.4 million) to Arab summit organizations, would refuse further payments unless the meeting were held. In the end, only Jordan rallied to Feisal's side...
...touchy interchanges began with a question from the floor asking whether the problem of unassimilated minorities were an obstacle to Democratic development in Asia. Taking the microphone, the representative from Israel said that, speaking as an individual and not for his country, he felt that the problem of Arab refugees in his country had to be solved in the larger context of finding a solution to the hostile relations between the Arab nations and Israel. There are also many Israeli refugees who had to flee from Arab territories without compensation, he continued, but "we feel that this problem is only...
...response was short but to the point. Moniem El-Khatib, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq said, "the question of Arab refugees in Israel is one of blackmail...