Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...British withdraw. The chief Zionist groups proclaim the new state of Israel, occupying 5,500 square miles of Palestine granted them by the U.N. Next day, troops from seven Arab states invade Palestine...
...independence ends, with Israel having gained 30% more territory than originally allocated to it. Transjordan annexes the West Bank. Some 750,000 Arab refugees have fled from Israel to neighboring states...
...Sadat flies to Jerusalem and tells the Knesset that Egypt is ready to make peace but Israel must return Arab lands...
...will add further pressure for a fresh round of inflationary increases early next week, when OPEC ministers plan to meet in Geneva. Indeed, by an ironic White House oversight, Carter is expected the same day to play host to the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace accords in Washington. Arab hardliners, such as Iraq, Algeria and Libya, could well be tempted to try to upstage the treaty signing by clamoring for huge new price increases, supply cutbacks or both...
...sales tax data supplied by state governments, the letter warned that by the end of next week there would be a shockingly large shortfall of 8.9% in gasoline supplies. A rush by panicky motorists to gas up would virtually guarantee long, temper-fraying lines reminiscent of the 1973-74 Arab oil-embargo days. Hoarding would simply make the gas shortage worse and further drive up fuel prices...