Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only "religious" party in the coalition and joined it amid cries of betrayal from the other conservative, religious parties. Although it is a small party with only a few votes in the Knesset, its absence from the coalition would mean that Rabin would be forced to rely on Arab party votes to sustain his majority. If Rabin and the Labor party are to have a prayer of beating Likud and its charismatic leader Binyamin Netanyahu, they must be able to position themselves as acting on the wishes of the majority of Israeli Jews...
...peace in the Middle East is theprerogative of the Arabs, not of Israel," shesaid. "And when the Arab leaders decide to makepeace, there will be peace...
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Leonard J.Hausman said he is extremely optimistic becausethe economic assistance is beginning--in the formof joint business ventures between Arab andIsraeli businesses for the benefit of the WestBank and the Gaza strip...
...There is in progress a fundamental break withthe past," Hausman added. "The Arab-Israeliboycott is a dead letter...
Violence from both sides is an obvious pitfall. If negotiators do not hurry along specifics for enacting the deal, naysayers could niggle it to death. The P.L.O. must transform its loose structure, unruly factions and preference for ambiguity into practical governance. Arab states, which have always sought to keep the Palestinian issue under their thumb, will need to be mollified into cooperation. But since the Palestinian millstone has prevented them from bringing prosperity to their own societies, they appear ready to go along...