Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world at large, the mutual recognition diminishes a fearsome old threat: not long ago, the Arab-Israeli dispute was at the top of any list of conflicts that might end in nuclear war. Israelis and Palestinians can now even hope for a kind of liberation -- freedom from 45 years of mutual hatred and fear that have imprisoned two talented and energetic peoples and squandered their resources. The Palestinians and the Israelis now have the chance to show their real stuff; both have what it takes to be a capitalist success...
Since its founding in 1948, Israel has been a garrison state, devoting its energies and capital, and aid from foreign governments and Diaspora Jews, to building and maintaining a military establishment that would crush its Arab enemies. The expense has deprived Israel of funds needed for the enjoyment of an even better life and more vibrant economy...
...Israeli and foreign money joins with Palestinian labor and the brains of both sides to build roads, water projects, electric and communication grids -- all contemplated in the Israeli-P.L.O. Declaration of Principles for Palestinian self-rule -- and if other Arab states join in cooperative projects to make the desert bloom, the prospects should convince anyone that peace pays better than hate. "We have the chance to see Israel become the nucleus of a very prosperous Mideast," says Dan Gillerman, chairman of the Federation of the Israeli Chambers of Commerce. The Palestinians have the chance to start building a national...
...difficulty of that cannot be overstated. For decades, Arafat and other Arab leaders would not even utter the word Israel. When they absolutely had to name the enemy, they referred to "the Zionist entity." On the Israeli side, former Prime Minister Golda Meir denied there were any such people as Palestinians, and one of her successors, Yitzhak Shamir, implied that Palestinians are not quite human; he described them as "grasshoppers compared...
...signed agreement with the P.L.O. should help Israel negotiate pacts with other Arab states, giving peace a broader dimension. The excuse many Arab governments gave for hostility to Israel was that they could not betray the Palestinian cause. Now that excuse is gone, and the other Arab states must decide whether to jump on the peace bandwagon or be left behind. Jordan and Israel have already worked out the principles of an agreement that both sides want to sign as soon as possible. Without benefit of a formal treaty, the two countries cooperate on matters like sharing the waters...