Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like many other Harvard students, we received a door-drop from the Society of Arab Students (SAS). Knowing that there are peace talks going on right now in Washington, we assumed that this would be about the peace talks. After all, the Harvard Israel Political Affairs Committee (HIPAC, Harvard Radcliffe Zionist Alliance (HRZL) and the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA), the three Zionist groups on campus, as well as the Harvard Gulf Arab Alliance, have all come out in support of the Peace Conference. Upon reading this letter from SAS, we were saddened to discover that the SAS does not seem...
...insulting to have to defend one's nationalism, especially to people who cannot find a harsh word to say about Arab countries which torture and kill their own people, and do not let Jews into (Saudi Arabia) or out of (Syria) their countries. But because the SAS has decided to undermine the peace process and further the dreams of destroying Israel at a time when our thoughts should be of peace and mutual understanding, we are forced to respond. Fortunately, their intellectual exertion leaves much to be desired, making our job particularly easy...
This is in contrast, of course, to the treatment of Jews in other Arab states, such as Syria, which proves its commitment to religious tolerance by persecuting its Jewish minority and refusing Jews the right to emigrate. This is to be expected, given that Syria does not even guarantee its own Arab citizens basic political rights! But for some reason, SAS seems unconcerned about Arab oppression of Arabs...
...looked at the paper in my hand and saw that it claimed to "define" Zionism and explain why Zionism is racism. The flier was prepared and approved by the Society of Arab Students...
...hostage drama. First, 15 pro-Iranian terrorists were released from prison in Kuwait, eliminating one of the Hizballah factions' principal demands. Then Assad weighed the odds and joined Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the international coalition arrayed against his archenemy Saddam Hussein. When Iraq's army was destroyed, Arab extremism and rejectionism suffered a devastating blow. The U.S. emerged as the only superpower with influence in the region and was actively trying to restart the Middle East peace process...