Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years ago this week, the Six-Day War erupted. In its most extraordinary military triumph, the Israeli army reunited the divided Holy City of Jerusalem, decisively defeated the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan, and occupied huge swatches of Arab land-the Sinai, the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank...
...many ways the occupation is as benevolent as an occupation can be. West Bank Arabs hold free municipal elections, their newspapers-although censored-are probably allowed more latitude than those in any Arab state, and their standard of living surpasses that of their cousins in Egypt, Syria or Lebanon. Yet even West Bankers who remember that they were also second-class citizens under Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967 remain bitterly opposed to their Israeli overlords. Says the Arab mayor of Nablus, Bassam Shaka'a: "If I could communicate with the world, I would shout 'We want...
Spit of Land. The West Bank Arabs fear that a decade of occupation could turn into permanent possession and continued encroachment by Jewish settlers. Since 1967, 45 communities (nine of them Jerusalem suburbs built on Arab land) have been created on the West Bank-in violation of the Geneva Convention of 1949, which states that an "occupying power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies." To West Bankers, the settlements are not only permanent, but they are also designed to surround and isolate the major Arab centers of population. Example...
Although living standards have risen sharply on the West Bank, Arab leaders resent the economic bonds that tie them closer and closer to Israel. Nearly 40,000 West Bankers now commute to jobs in Israel-at wages one-fifth lower than comparable Israeli pay. Israel has become the West Bank's principal trading partner and the West Bank is now Israel's principal export market after the U.S. Meanwhile, the Jewish settlements have built a thriving agribusiness ($27 million last year) in competition with Arab farmers...
...occupation government collects West Bank taxes and turns back much of the money to Arab communities. But negotiations have to be conducted in Hebrew, with Israeli law as the binding covenant. Rather than accept such conditions, several West Bank towns, including Nablus and Hebron, have refused to accept further aid. The Arab world has rewarded their defiance by "adopting" West Bank municipalities. Hebron has been taken under the wing of Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina, which is underwriting a $15 million gift. Mayor Freij of Bethlehem, which was adopted by Abu Dhabi, returned last month from...