Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Through the week, tension mounted in Bethlehem. The colored lights strung near Manger Square were brazenly destroyed. After receiving several threatening phone calls, Mayor Elias Freij, a Palestinian Christian, canceled his annual cocktail party for Israeli and Arab notables. Angry slogans appeared on walls. One read, JESUS CHRIST, HOW CAN WE BE EXPECTED TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY WHEN THE SOUL OF OUR HOMELAND IS RINSED WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR MARTYRS? Nervous soldiers in riot gear stood guard as tourists filed into the Church of the Nativity, built in the 6th century on the spot where Christ is believed...
...first dozen days of rioting were confined to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, seized by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. Two weeks ago the unrest spilled into East Jerusalem, and last week it spread through several Arab villages and towns in Israel. Some of the worst violence came in the West Bank town of Jenin. After demonstrators hurled as many as 20 fire bombs at border police, the Israelis opened fire, killing two Arabs and wounding seven...
...event that sent a shudder through the worldwide Jewish community came when the Israeli Arabs joined in a one-day general strike. Arab towns throughout Israel shut down their stores and schools. Some 170,000 Israeli Arabs failed to report to work, as did 80,000 Palestinians from the territories. The strike crippled part of the Israeli economy, which has become heavily dependent on Arab labor, especially for such blue-collar jobs as construction, street cleaning and garbage pickup...
...Nazareth, 4,000 youngsters ran through the streets, hurling debris at security forces. In Umm al Fahm, an Israeli Arab town in Galilee, 3,000 demonstrators were dispersed with tear gas when they blocked a highway near the town. Police and soldiers took care not to use lethal force against the Israeli Arabs, and none were killed...
...long run, Israel seems to have little choice but to make peace with its Arab subjects or face being overwhelmed by them. There are 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, plus 740,000 in Israel itself. Their high birth rate means they will outnumber Israel's 3.5 million Jews by the end of the century. "There will be no peace until the Israelis leave our land," said Shahla al Aklik, a Palestinian woman whose son was killed in the West Bank last week. "Even if we lose all our sons, the struggle will continue." That resolve...