Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...move designed to ease tensions between Arab and Jewish communities in the Boston area, members of from both groups met yesterday in Boylston Hall to plan a blueprint for cooperation...
...participants at yesterday's conference--which included students from several Harvard organizations, as well as members of the New Jewish Agenda (NJA) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee--discussed ways to find joint solutions to the long-standing controversy arising from Middle East politics...
...favor of the occupation as a human rights activist, but I have to tell you--there has never been a freer press in any part of the Arab world than the all-too un-free press that today exists in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. For the first time in Arab history there has been a relatively independent press, too censored by my standards, too censored by your standards, and most importantly--too censored by Israeli standards. Israel does not always comply with its own high standards of human rights in the West Bank...
...nation status under the Shah, when our stategic interests so dictated. Moreover, Larew's statement, that oil-producing gulf states are becoming more geopolitically important, is simply false. The days of the oil-weapon are fast declining, as illustrated by Japan's recent enlargement of trade with Israel, despite Arab protests. I wish Larew were correct in asserting that Israel's primary card in the U.S. will soon become political democracy because then we "Zealots" could be assured of continued U.S. support for Israel. Unfortunately, Israel's primary card will continue to be it strategic position, constantly subject to change...
Professor of Law Alan Dershowitz is not a "Zealot," but a realist when he says that curtailment of civil rights on the West Bank was unavoidable. That is what military occupation means. It was thrust on Israel in 1967, confirmed in 1973 by another all-out Arab war that nearly destroyed Israel and has been confirmed ever since...