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Word: arabism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jewish leaders were also pleased, although somewhat more guarded on whether Jackson had laid the Farrakhan matter to rest. Said Hyman Bookbinder, Washington director of the American Jewish Committee: "This is a very, very happy development. I hope this can close [the issue] out." Still, Jackson's pro-Arab views on Middle East issues continue to bother many Jewish leaders. Nathan Perlmutter, national director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, noted that "Jesse Jackson's problem with Jews is bigger than Mr. Farrakhan." Indeed, on Saturday when Jackson addressed Operation PUSH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stirring Up New Storms | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

...past six weeks, three of Kuwait's oil tankers have been attacked in the Persian Gulf as Iran, angered by Iraq's attacks on tankers carrying its oil, has taken out its frustrations on Iraq's Arab allies. With the expansion of the conflict, Kuwait sees the good life it has carved out for itself endangered by a war it does not consider its own. Asserts Foreign Minister Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the state's Foreign Minister: "The war is on our doorstep, and we feel the dangers more than others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kuwait: Arming a Quiet Bystander | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

Wouldn't it be great to read a bona fide first-person account of how Israel's secret service hunted down and killed the Arab gunmen who murdered eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich? What a bestseller it would make! Simon & Schuster spent $125,000 for the U.S. publishing rights and ordered a 50,000 first printing of Vengeance, subtitled The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team. But even before the book was published a month ago, widespread doubts were raised about its authenticity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: Believing What You Read | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

...free zone." Meanwhile, Jackson's political associate, Louis Farrakhan, leader of the black Nation of Islam organization, visited Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli. The trip reinforced the impression among American Jews, who are some of Mondale's keenest supporters and most generous contributors, that Jackson is radically pro-Arab. As a result, Mondale cannot be seen to be conceding too much to Jackson for fear of a backlash that could drive Jewish voters into the Reagan camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Over the Top, Barely | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

...carries out terror operations of this kind should not expect to come away alive," he said. In fact, it has long been Israeli policy not to kill captured terrorists, partly as an incentive to them not to fight to the end and to prevent retaliation against Israeli soldiers in Arab hands. Interrogation also often provides leads about other guerrilla activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Lethal Questions, Vexing Answers | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

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