Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remarkable comeback for a man who was forced to resign as Defense Minister last year after the government-appointed Kahan commission concluded that he had made "a grave mistake when he ignored the danger of acts of revenge and bloodshed" by Lebanese Phalangists against Arab civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps outside Beirut in September 1982. Might Sharon's strong showing last week put him in a position to regain his old defense job? "Not to be excluded," boasted his close associate Uri Dan, who recalled that after publication of the Kahan report he had said, "Those...
...Sahara. Outriders hang from the sides, firing their AK-47s with deadly grace. Very young and therefore very brave, the men of these small fighting units, or escadrons, whip their Toyotas' flanks until the vehicles seem to snort and froth at the bit like fine-blood Arab stallions. The young soldiers move silently, without war cries except for the high-pitched scream of their engines...
...with a Lebanese passport and a woman with one from the U.S. supply them with weapons. Then, on a sunny morning last week, the three drive a rented red Autobianchi up crowded King George V Street in West Jerusalem. Two of them enter a sporting-goods store and, in Arab-accented English, nervously ask to try on some jeans...
Even the pro-government Times of India criticized Mrs. Gandhi for proceeding with a trip to Arab capitals beginning this week. "If her government has recognized the situation to be critical enough to warrant such drastic measures," it asked in an editorial, "can she afford to be away from the country for even a day? The trip will appear to be an exercise in escapism." Mrs. Gandhi, caught between pressures to do more and less, must wonder if escape lies anywhere...
...trip started, it appeared certain Israel would invade Lebanon in a matter of hours, days or weeks. On June 3, the casus belli the Israelis had been waiting for materialized. In London, Arab terrorists shot and grievously wounded Shlomo Argov, the Israeli Ambassador to Britain. Israel bombed a P.L.O. ammunition dump in Beirut, and the P.L.O. struck back against northern Israel. On June 5, the Israeli Cabinet approved a large-scale invasion of Lebanon. Begin informed us that the objective was to drive the P.L.O. back 40 km from the Israeli border...