Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...diplomatic passport bearing the serial number X-000065 and the assertion, "The bearer is abroad on a diplomatic assignment for the Government of the United States of America." As it happens. Lance's most recent missions abroad, including a trip to London and the Middle East to help Arab interests angling for control of a $2.2 billion bank holding company in the Washington, D.C., area, have been clearly undiplomatic...
...government of Israel," says Yitzhak Rabin, "has made too many mistakes, more than we can afford. The first mistake was in the method of negotiating with an Arab leader. One must make absolutely sure there is no misunderstanding, especially in private talks. Begin said Sadat promised that Egyptian forces would not move east of the Sinai passes. Later Begin admitted that this was in the context of Israeli forces withdrawing to the international border and the return of sovereignty over all the Sinai to Egypt. Still later it became clear that questions such as settlements and Israeli airbases were...
...third mistake, continues Rabin, was in the process of the negotiations. "Every Israeli Premier since Ben-Gurion used to say that once an Arab leader would meet openly with the Premier of Israel, the conflict could be solved within minutes. Well, President Sadat came, sat, talked, and yet the miracle that was called direct negotiations did not work. But more than that, Begin decided to go to Washington to get President Carter's blessing for his peace plan even before he showed it to the Egyptians; this displayed Begin's obvious lack of confidence in direct negotiations...
Eban is not overly worried about Sadat's present demands, since he is convinced that even Sadat does not believe in "100% restoration of Arab land." Eban maintains that Sadat obviously does not expect the Israelis to surrender the Wailing Wall, that holiest of Jewish shrines, to Arab sovereignty. So if there is one exception, he reasons, there can also be others. Eban's advice to Sadat: "He should remember the proverb 'The best is the enemy of the good.' Those who say 'All or nothing' are more likely to get nothing than...
...Arab vendetta threatens Middle East peace...