Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...December 27, 1977, The Boston Globe published an article by Professor Edward W. Said in which he claims that "For at least a thousand years Palestine has been inhabited by an Arab population." History teaches us, however, that from 1072 until 1948 the country was ruled by the Seljuks (1072-1098), Crusaders (1099-1291), Mamluks (1291-1516), Ottomans (1516-1918) and the British (1918-1948), who were given the mandate by the League of Nations to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish homeland in "Palestine" on both banks of the Jordan River...
During these thousand years, there was never an independent Arab state ruled by indigenous Arabs. Professor Said claims that Palestine was inhabited by Arabs, but he does not say how many there were. The number is crucial, because thousands of Jews remained and were always present in the land of Israel, even after they were exiled by the Romans 1907 years...
...determined to fight the sale to the Saudis on the ground that it represents a strategic threat to Israel's security. Said a high Foreign Ministry official to TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff: "Does anyone doubt that in a future war the Saudis would come under Arab pressure to use these planes against Israel?" As it is, the Saudis along with Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, plan to spend $10 billion to construct a new military-manufacturing city of 80,000 to 100,000 people 35 miles southeast of Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Its purpose...
Reassigned to Washington in 1965, Atherton rose steadily, from desk officer to director for Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for NEA under Joseph J. Sisco and finally, in 1974, Assistant Secretary. A workaholic, he spends at least twelve hours a day six days a week and half of Sunday in his office...
...banks in Maryland and Virginia. At a meeting set up by Armand Hammer, who is chairman of Occidental Petroleum and a Financial General board member, Lance told the bank's senior officers he was acting for the London-based Bank of Credit & Commerce International, which specializes in managing Arab funds. At week's end, a group of Financial General shareholders filed suit accusing Lance of engaging in "an unlawful conspiracy secretly to acquire control" and asked Washington District Court to block the takeover...