Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Zayed, who has already poured billions into the bank, shows signs of wanting to make the best of a bad situation by reviving portions of B.C.C.I. as a bank based in the Middle East. "What B.C.C.I. was all about is the infusion of Arab dollars into the U.S. and the political influence that goes with it," says a B.C.C.I. investigator. Just what Zayed might demand for pouring more billions into what's left of B.C.C.I. remains unspoken, but Abu Dhabi has made it clear in the past that it would prefer some sort of restructuring to outright liquidation...
...resolution was devised in 1975 by the U.S.S.R. to win Arab fealty against the U.S. in the superpower struggle for dominance in the Middle East. But the end of the cold war and the eruption of the gulf war dramatically altered U.N. dynamics, and President Bush began lobbying for repeal. Washington also hoped that erasing the resolution would encourage Israeli reasonableness as Middle East peace talks got under...
...votes were cast mostly by Arab and Muslim states plus the communist countries of Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam. An Arab spokesman argued that repeal would only "whet the appetite of Israeli extremists' creeping annexation," and Saudi Arabia's U.N. Ambassador, Samir Shihabi, boycotted the session. Biggest winner: the U.N., freed of an albatross...
...surface, Cuomo's attack was unremarkable. Japan bashing is fashionable these days, and decrying the Arab boycott (which surely deserves it) is the quickest way to a Jew's heart. But Cuomo knew better. He knew that while the Japanese government has sent mixed signals to the nation's corporations about the boycott, Tokyo has officially called for its suspension. He also knew that several Japanese companies were already selling cars in Israel and that other Japanese enterprises would begin trading with Israel soon. In fact, Cuomo knew this all so well that in his conversation with Taro Nakayama...
...have been "good," according to Jewish + leaders who monitor such matters. Bill Clinton has lately made all the right noises, but he could be hit for merely asserting that Israel will "inevitably" have to trade land for peace, and for favoring an "evenhanded" Middle East policy -- "evenhanded" signifying an Arab tilt to some Jews...