Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...find a symbol of resistance to Israel's occupation of Arab lands, one need look no further than the family of Mohammed Hamad. Since he fled Israel during the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, Hamad, 60, has lived in the Kalandia refugee camp in the West Bank, north of Jerusalem. There he has fathered six of his eight sons. Each has displayed more anti-Israeli fervor than the last, and all but the eldest have served time in prison for offenses against Israeli military rule, which began after the 1967 Six-Day War. Three of Hamad's sons...
...dilemma is no less uncomfortable for the local residents. Dror, who speaks Arabic fluently, asks shopkeepers why their stores are closed. Says one: "I got a telephone call reminding me that there is a commerce strike for 21 days to protest the expulsions and killings." The call came from the Shabiba, a P.L.O.-affiliated youth group. A major instructs Dror, "Tell them to open the shops. Tell them we shall weld their doors shut and not let them open for a week." He points to welding instruments. Ten minutes later most shops are open. Grumbles one Arab: "The Shabiba will...
...latest violence erupted, a top U.N. official investigating Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza was barred from one by Israeli troops and by Arab demonstrators from another, Israel radio said...
Stores were shut yesterday in Gaza City and in the Arab sector of Jerusalem in observance of a general strike that began Sunday...
...Arab-run Palestine Press Service, which monitors events in the occupied territories, said a Palestinian demonstrator was struck by a rubber bullet and a soldier was struck by a rock during a clash in the West Bank city of Hebron...