Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Israelis insist that declarations of Arab nonbelligerency have not protected them in the past. Neither did the Security Council's guarantee of free passage in the Strait of Tiran when Israel withdrew after the 1956 Suez campaign; the U.N. did not prevent Egypt from blockading the Strait just before the June War. Therefore withdrawal from the occupied territories in exchange for such concessions from the Arabs is unacceptable to the Israelis. What they want is more time. By simply sitting tight since the Six-Day War, the Israelis argue, they have induced the Arabs to hold indirect talks through...
...Lebanon, a French mandate until World War II, as France's particular protege in the Middle East. He is also working closely with Moscow for a four-power approach, which would remind the world that France is a power of sorts, and would enhance French influence in the Arab world...
...remaining aloof from the passions and wars of other Arab lands, Lebanon, alone of Israel's neighbors, has escaped losing territory to Israel. It has pursued the role of a Middle Eastern Switzerland, providing its 2,700,000 people with the highest living standard of any Arab country. Beirut is a cosmopolitan city of thriving banks and glittering beaches, excellent restaurants and gaudy nightclubs. Internally, Lebanon has maintained a delicate equilibrium since it gained independence from French mandate rule in 1943, by an unwritten "national covenant" apportioning political power between the Christian and Moslem halves of its population...
...Cabinet from among Lebanon's fractious political parties, and shape a new policy toward Israel. Amid fears of an Israeli invasion of Lebanon's mountainous south, Lebanese debated whether to risk disaster at the hands of the Israelis, or to break all tradition, ally themselves with the Arab cause, and raise a powerful army-which could equally mean disaster...
...Shelters. As a halfway measure, Lebanon's army began training border-village leaders in firearms, and announced that it is building concrete bomb shelters. They are not likely to be enough. Israel has repeatedly warned that Lebanon will be held responsible for any raids from its territory by Arab fedayeen. That policy plays into the guerrillas' hands, since they are determined to enlist Lebanon, willingly or not, in their cause...