Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arab American, I would like to know why Middle East studies constitute a "Trojan horse" at Southern Cal [Nov. 13]. Nobody questions centers for Hebrew studies at our major universities, but it seems that any knowledge of Arab history or culture is "propaganda." It is in America's interest to explore both sides of the Middle East issue. Perhaps Americans are afraid of the truth...
...both sides that they refrain from publicity blitzes and rhetorical upstaging, Sadat decided to force the timetable issue by going public. He authorized Cairo's semiofficial newspaper al Ahram to publish the text of the peace treaty, apparently in an effort to show Sadat's suspicious Arab colleagues that Egypt was attempting to bargain for the good of all the Arab states. The immediate effect was to prompt the U.S. State Department to release the official American version of the draft to the press (see box). Washington also released the text of one annex to the treaty, dealing...
Three times last week Sadat spoke to Carter on the telephone, explaining why the timetable was so important to Egypt and the rest of the Arab world. He rejected the Israeli complaint that he was raising the ante in negotiations by placing more emphasis on the issue than before, although it was true that he had strengthened his case during the Blair House talks...
...their part, the Israelis were in no mood to take the linkage question much further than the oblique reference in the treaty preamble to "a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict in all its aspects." The Israelis want to retain a free hand in dealing with the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza; and they are fearful that, if a future agreement with the Palestinians should fall apart, it could jeopardize their peace with Egypt. Accordingly, the Israelis bluntly described the draft treaty as a sort of final offer; Moshe Dayan called it a "take it or leave...
...main sticking point, as always, was "linkage"-the relationship between the pending Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and the pursuit of a broader peace that will, among other things, provide autonomy for the Palestinians of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. In the aftermath of the recent Arab summit conference in Baghdad, which condemned the Sadat peace initiative and the Camp David accords, the Egyptians are more determined than ever to prove to their Arab brethren that they are not selling out the cause by making a separate peace with the Israelis...