Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those are demands that Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has already said he could never accept. At the hearing, Florida Democrat Larry Smith wanted to know why the Secretary was placing conditions on the Israelis but not on the Arab side. When Baker gave a brief answer and then refused to elaborate, Smith's frustrations erupted. "I hope someday," he said, "the American public is going to determine whether you've finished the answers or not. It's disgraceful...
Jewish support for Israel is taken as a sign of dual loyalty, or of disloyalty to America. Does that mean that Arab-Americans who feel a personal stake in the Palestinians' fate would also be considered "un-American" if they opposed U.S. policies favorable to Israel? Or that African-Americans who call Africa their heritage are not "true Americans...
...settlements due to U.S. pressure, its government will lose face for having bowed to coercion. Yet if Bush decides to loan Israel money with no strings attached, he will do it in a way that makes him look like a martyr to Jewish lobbyists. We can hardly expect the Arab nations to respect Israel's right to exist when we implicitly refuse to recognize it ourselves...
Peace talks or no, the Middle East is once again showing its true color: the blood red of vengeance. The escalation of violence began Feb. 14 when Arab guerrillas infiltrated an Israeli army camp and hacked three soldiers to death. Two days later in southern Lebanon, Israeli Apache helicopters fired three missiles on the motorcade of Sheik Abbas Musawi, leader of the Iranian- backed Hizballah. The long-planned strike killed not only Musawi but also his wife and six-year-old son. From there, hostilities spiraled rapidly. Hizballah launched scores of Katyusha rockets into Israel's self-declared security zone...
...actions seemed to have no disruptive impact on the Middle East peace process. On the day of Musawi's killing, both Lebanon and Syria announced that they would attend the third round of talks convening this week in Washington, an indication of how little support Hizballah enjoys in the Arab world. Even after Israel's attack on Kafra and Yater, no parties pulled out. Only the Palestinians, incensed by Israel's recent detention of two of their delegates, threatened not to show -- then reversed course...