Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Joining a vocal and diverse chorus of student organizations--including the Asian-American Association, La Organization Estudantil Boricual, Raza, the Society of Arab students and even The Peninsula, in a special supplement to its publication--who defended Counter and corroborated many of the points raised in his letter, then-BSA president Art A. Hall '93 charged that "The Crimson has served to exacerbate tensions among racial and ethenic groups," and that the "style of reporting in which The Crimson has purposely engaged itself certainly does reveal a disturbing trend toward the discrediting of the BSA and creating and intensifying conflict...
Unlike Gush Khatif, a block of Jewish communities at the southern fringe of the Gaza Strip, home to most of the 4,000 Israeli settlers in the zone, Netzarim is in an area of dense Arab population on the outskirts of Gaza City. Down the road sits the Palestinian village of al-Mograka, whose residents chafe at the restrictions that Netzarim's presence imposes on them. "People will never accept the settlement here," says Nasr Azzam, who runs the local general store. "It is a strange body and a symbol of the occupation...
...atmosphere is tense inside Netzarim as well. Since Palestinian self-rule began last May, the settlers have been sending their children to school in Gush Khatif in a bulletproof bus. To avoid Arab villages, the vehicle chooses a route that adds an hour to what would be a 30-min. trip. On occasion the driver takes the direct route, but then the bus carries only armed male adults -- to assert the settlers' right, under the self-rule agreements, to travel the road. Netzarim's inhabitants do not complain much, however. "I don't live where it's comfortable," says teacher...
Other Israelis argue that with Jordan and Egypt at peace with Israel, Jerusalem has the security it needs. A combined Arab force failed to vanquish Israel in four previous wars, they note; if the talks with Syria collapse, Damascus is unlikely to wage a one-on-one battle over the Golan. "So why deal on Assad's terms?" asks Netanyahu...
Arafat's Palestinian Authority has made a poor impression on Gazans. They complain of a disorganized and slow-moving bureaucracy rife with corruption. The glacial pace of negotiations on further autonomy has held up plans for withdrawal of Israeli troops from more Arab cities on the West Bank and for Palestinian general elections...