Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egypt. In the eyes of the country's vocal and powerful Jewish lobby, the Saudi sale is a direct threat to Israel's security. But to the Administration and its backers, the offer is not a threat to peace but a means of supporting moderate Arab political forces and preserving U.S. influence in the Middle East...
...Secretary of Defense Harold Brown wrote Congress last week, Saudi Arabia is prepared to guarantee formally that any F-15s it purchases will never be transferred to another Arab state for use against Israel. Crown Prince Fahd made that commitment public in his own words in a TIME interview with Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn that ranged over many aspects of the proposed plane sale. Said Fahd...
...fighters, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance described Saudi Arabia as "a very important country from many, many aspects." With its seemingly limitless oil wealth, it is already an economic superpower. It is the key supplier of energy to the industrialized West and, as bankroller to nearly every other moderate Arab state (as well as two or three immoderate ones), a behind-the-scenes broker in Middle East politics...
Beyond that, the Saudis feel that they have effectively answered most of the Israeli charges regarding possible use of the F-15s. As Prince Fahd told TIME (see NATION), he is willing to pledge that the planes will not be transferred to another Arab state in the event of war. The Saudis have no intention of stationing the planes at Tabuk, just southeast of the Israeli border. Explains Prince Saud, the Foreign Minister: "Israeli warplanes overflew Tabuk 140 times during the past year. We certainly would not put our planes in such a vulnerable position...
...willing to base its claim on the deep-felt national identity of the Palestinian people, rather than on denial of the deep-felt national identity of the Jews, which will reciprocate the proclamation of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, that "co-operation and friendly work with the Arab people must be the cornerstone of all our Zionist activities in the land of Israel," and which will advocate its cause with treaties at a peace table instead of with the grenades and machine guns of terrorist "freedom fighters" on civilian buses--until that day, the years of frustration will continue...