Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chomsky, who focused his speech on the Middle East, said the U.S. initially became involved in the region because of the vast oil reserves there. The speech, entitled "The Middle East After the Cold War," was sponsored by the Society of Arab Students...
...currently, the U.S. is using Israel toprevent national aspirations from developing inthe Arab states. Chomsky claimed that the U.S. hashistorically directed Israel in its invasions ofneighboring Arab countries...
...worse of all is Syria's ban on Jewish emigration. Syria is the only Arab nation that, since 1949, has denied its Jewish citizens the right to leave. No Jew is allowed to leave the country for good...
...Baker knew what he was doing. The man who laid down his terms to Congress last week is the same dogged tactician who forged the framework for the Arab-Israeli peace process last year during eight painstaking shuttles around the Middle East. As a seasoned political strategist, a former campaign adviser for Reagan and manager for Bush, he seems to have calculated that antipathy to foreign aid is a more powerful election-year force than the usual voter support for Israel. He also seems to be betting that if Israel does not come around on the settlements before its parliamentary...
...Baker's latest ploy succeeds, it could be one more significant step toward an Arab-Israeli peace -- a prospect that has moved from the unthinkable to the merely improbable as a result of his shrewd and tireless prodding of both sides. The Secretary has repeatedly demonstrated a flair for problem solving, not only by launching the Middle East talks but also by working out an agreement with Congress on Nicaragua in 1989 and by helping stitch together last year's coalition against Saddam Hussein. Baker may not fashion foreign policy single-handedly -- certainly not in an Administration where the President...