Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mahmoud Abbas -- decided to stay on at P.L.O. headquarters in Tunis rather than join the new Authority in the territories. They are not convinced that Arafat will ever delegate responsibility. Another adviser says, "He wants to be the leader of a Palestinian state just like all the other Arab leaders whose authority is absolute...
...Making and Remaking of the Modern Middle East," HS A-68, will investigate the cultural histories of the Arab countries, Iran, Israel and Turkey. The class will examine the creation and transformation of modern states and their political systems since World...
...Lisa Beyer, TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief, Hamad was having a ) light dinner with his family in their home in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Around 8:30 p.m., they heard shouting outside. Through the window, they saw two men on the street yelling in American-accented English: "Fyou, Arab cowards!" "I'm going to kill you!" "Come out of your house...
...rifle. It went off, accidentally, and the bullet shattered the younger boy's head. Immediately, local activists of the Palestine Liberation Organization put out a story to townsfolk that withdrawing Israeli soldiers had deliberately left the rifle behind to cause an accident. Later they said that an Arab collaborating with Israel had given the boy the gun, and then that ammunition left by the Israelis had exploded and caused the fatal accident. Only a few hours later, the P.L.O. came clean: one of its men was to blame, the organization said, and he had been arrested and jailed...
Last week both sides dispatched emissaries throughout the Arab world. Neither, however, seemed eager for mediation. After separate meetings with Northern and Southern officials in Cairo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he saw no sign of an early end to hostilities. While the majority of Yemenis regard themselves as one nation, the blame for the turmoil rests squarely on two leaders who decided to settle their rivalry by starting...