Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...force and that neither side should "resort to the threat or use of force or military blockade." That fell short of the formal promise of nonbelligerency that Jerusalem demanded of Cairo, but the statement was the closest thing to a declaration of peaceful intentions toward Israel made by an Arab nation since the 1948 Armistice...
...Sinai accord, the Russians refused to attend the signing of the articles−thereby forcing the U.S. to stay away as well. The Soviet press, which until last week had scarcely noticed Kissinger's shuttle, denounced the new agreement as "potentially dangerous" and "neglectful" of Arab needs. Understandably, the accord was bitterly attacked by Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (see box page...
Another political ritual concerned the Arab-Israeli conflict. Syria, joined by the Palestine Liberation Organization, which was also given membership during the Lima conference, pressed for a resolution that Israel be expelled from the U.N. The measure was supported by most of the Arabs. "The condition for Arab aid is support for their fight against Israel," explained a Latin American diplomat. But Egypt, concerned about jeopardizing Kissinger's efforts to reach a new interim peace agreement, opposed the Syrian proposal. So did several Black African countries and others like Singapore, Argentina and Indonesia. In the end, the conference adopted...
...cost of fuel and food, the developing countries have split into two categories: those, that can generate wealth by exporting natural resources and those desperately poor countries that still have to import both oil and food grains. Thus oil has transformed nations like Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria and the Arab sheikdoms into a kind of plutocracy of the poor. Countries like Zaire and Zambia (copper), Morocco (phosphates) and Malaysia (rubber) also gained large amounts of foreign exchange. Still a third group, including South Korea, Singapore, Brazil and Mexico, exports enough manufactured goods to cushion the impact of worldwide inflation...
...past 25 years, nearly 50 United Nations soldiers have been killed on peace-keeping duty along Arab-Israeli cease-fire lines. Servicemen who have spent time baking in the tin-roofed shacks that serve as U.N. observation posts do not recommend the job highly. Up to 200 U.S. civilians will probably be manning surveillance stations in the wastelands of the Sinai before too long and Israeli officials are reassuring: they insist that the biggest problem is likely to be sheer boredom...