Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...violence began two weeks ago in Gaza, the squalid swath of poverty along the Mediterranean that is home to 600,000 Palestinian Arabs. Rumors spread that an Israeli truck had deliberately rammed two cars carrying Arab workers, killing four of them, in retaliation for the murder of an Israeli merchant. By the next morning much of Gaza was covered with smoke from burning tire barricades. Thousands marched through the dirt streets carrying photocopied pictures of local youths who had died in the unrest. In the following days, troops attempting to disperse the demonstrators were greeted with showers of stones, iron...
...troubles began when an Israeli man was stabbed to death by terrorists in downtown Gaza. After an Israeli truck then crashed into two carloads of Arab workers, killing four, refugees near the Jabaliya district hurled bottles and stones at military patrols, burned tires and closed down schools and shops. During the two days of rioting, soldiers killed two Arab youths...
...stop the mob, composed largely of women and youths. The Israelis, who claimed many of the women were wielding knives or sticks, turned to tear gas and real bullets. Four protesters were killed and at least 30 wounded. Demonstrators battled troops for more than five hours. As fiery Arab protests raged through the territories, the Israelis were afraid that the violence was sparked not simply by a few rabble-rousers but by a widespread despair that will not soon fade away. Said a border police patrol leader: "It's not just terrorists. They've got no leader here...
Analysts said the tentative deal's major weakness was that it was unlikely to halt overproduction by OPEC members such as Iraq and the United Arab Emirates...
...Arab states have been using Palestinian refugees purely as "political cannon fodder" and have no commitment to a Palestinian homeland, Bookbinder said. He noted that during the 19 years that Jordan occupied the West Bank, the Arabs did not ask Jordan to create a Palestinian state...