Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat had never met before, so they boned up on each other before the Egyptian President arrived in Washington last week. Sadat, the first in a series of Arab leaders whom Carter will meet this spring (next: Jordan's King Hussein and Syria's President Hafez Assad), had wondered, for example, whether Carter's commitment to Christianity obtruded on his views of the Middle East (Answer: no). Carter had commented to an aide that from his reading Sadat appeared to be "a fascinating character." One foreign policy aide gave Carter a short lecture...
...settlement Israel might be permitted to maintain some kind of defense lines beyond its actual borders. Nothing doing, said Sadat. "Sovereignty is indivisible. We can't have two borders." Sadat did soften his position.on Israel, however, saying that he envisaged full normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab states within about five years of the signing of a peace agreement. Previously, he had said only that Israel's security would be guaranteed, not that normal diplomatic relations would be established. Sadat pressed Carter hard to recognize and deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization, and was obviously pleased...
...Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility voted this week to urge that the University support a resolution prohibiting an American bank, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, from processing letters of credit that require certification of compliance with the Arab boycott...
...Arab businesses have refused to transfer funds to U.S. banks if they find that the money will be used to pay for goods that are of Israeli origin or are manufactured by companies blacklisted by the Arab League...
...ACSR had never previously supported a resolution seeking to curtail the Arab boycott. Last year, the committee reasoned that the federal government must take the lead role in curtailing the boycott...