Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MAINTAINING ORDER. The mayors of the West Bank will either run their own cities properly or otherwise we shall take the necessary measures to calm down the situation. The Arab dilemma is obvious: if they continue these riots, they will make their lives impossible. The mayors must worry about development loans [provided by Israel], playgrounds, traffic, collecting the taxes from gas stations. Parents also are very concerned that their children take their examinations on time and don't lose a year of school. We do not want the mayors of the West Bank to be policemen. But a mayor...
...taken place in Palestinian refugee camps there and as many as 400 Syrian army officers had been detained for questioning or put under house arrest because they opposed the government line on Lebanon. But Prager found no imminent signs of a coup or precautions against one, although one Arab diplomat told him, "It is worse than ever. Assad is up to his neck...
...Egyptians flatly refused to discuss the principal reason for the feud-last year's Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreement in Sinai, which Syria still resents. The Syrians, meanwhile, would not listen to Egyptian proposals for a debate on the Lebanese situation; Cairo insists that the crisis should be "Arabized," meaning mediated by the Arab nations. Syria prefers to make peace alone in Lebanon...
...Arab students triggered the latest incidents, stoning Israeli troops and blocking traffic with flaming tires. Army officials insisted that their soldiers had merely fired warning shots. Arab leaders charged that the deaths-which raised the total in West Bank uprisings since February to ten-had been caused deliberately. Curfews were clapped on five Arab cities-including Hebron and Nablus-and at least one refugee camp. Arab politicians, including ones who gained office in last month's anti-Israel municipal-election returns, charged the pacifying forces with storm-trooper tactics. Said Elias Freij, mayor of Bethlehem: "People...
...could account for the demonstrations. He suggested that Israeli soldiers stay out of West Bank cities to avoid provoking conflict. "West Bank residents should be allowed to live their lives," he said. "If they want, then let them demonstrate and wave Palestinian flags." But Dayan added a chilling corollary: Arab mayors should be warned that if their towns exploded again, they would be placed under a blanket interdiction. It would be designed to deal a crippling blow to Arab livelihoods by preventing delivery of food supplies to market in a designated town, for example, or barring sheep from leaving...