Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difficulty with Begin is just one of the problems Carter faces in his attempt to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Carter's strategy, drawn largely from a 1975 Brookings Institution study, has been to coax the Arabs and Israelis to an early Geneva conference at which a comprehensive (in contrast to a step-by-step) solution would be negotiated. A fair settlement, according to Carter's many statements on the subject, would resolve three fundamental issues: the nature of peace for Israel, the borders of the warring states, and the fate of the Palestinians. In his search for settlement...
...while the Arabs were ecstatic over Carter. An Egyptian official called him "more Arab than the Ar abs," while Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yasser Arafat last month praised the President's position on the Palestinians as "a positive step...
...Options aimed at eliciting an Arab consensus on how the Palestinians should be represented at Geneva...
...some of his policy planners. Says one: "It is more risky to do nothing." Some officials feel that without a conference, war is likely. But as other officials admit, there is the opposite danger: the collapse of a Geneva conference would sharply increase the chances of a fifth Arab-Israeli conflict...
West Bank Arabs see the settlements as a threat-a view that Begin and his followers seem unwilling to accept. Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan even defended the communities as "constructive for peace," on the grounds that "I don't know anything more productive for peace than living together with the Arabs." Dayan conveniently overlooked the fact that the West Bank settlements are isolated from, and generally ignore, neighboring Arab villages...