Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Beirut's Bristol Hotel last week, the disparate members of the Iraqi opposition could not resist heaping scorn on one another. Someone noted that before Youssef al-Durrah joined the Democratic Movement, he served as Saddam Hussein's press director. A rival pointed out that Hassan Alawi of the Arab Independents once worked as Saddam's speechwriter. And that communist, Naziha Doulaimi? Well, a critic readily volunteered, she had once been a full member of Saddam's Cabinet...
...might at least be considered. In the wake of Iraq's defeat, the clout and credibility of the U.S. is at an all-time high, and it is no longer being offset by Soviet troublemaking; Moscow has neither the power nor the inclination to keep backing the most radical Arab elements. Saudi Arabia promises to come out of its shell and take a more active role in regional diplomacy, and Syria, a radical state now bidding for increased influence without its customary Soviet support, is talking about a new commitment to peace. Israel, needing massive aid from Washington to help...
...East would be an unqualified disaster. Yet, as U.S. Secretary of State James Baker toured the area last week, signs multiplied that after the shock of the gulf war the region might already be slipping back into its usual catastrophic habits. Renewed violence claimed 12 lives -- six Israelis, six Arab guerrillas -- in the 24 hours prior to Baker's arrival in Jerusalem. Israeli legislators asserted that the government plans to build as many as 11,000 new apartments for Jewish settlers in occupied territories, continuing what looks like a de facto annexation of the West Bank and Gaza...
...precisely to get some momentum going toward a regional peace settlement before the area relapses totally into its old hatreds that Baker set out on his tour. In talks with officials from nine Arab nations and the leaders of Israel, the Secretary pressed on his hosts the necessity for new thinking and a quick start. Moreover, though he proclaimed himself to be mainly listening, Baker did put forward some ideas for a fresh approach...
...chicken-and-egg problem has long stymied Middle East diplomacy: Arab states refuse to recognize Israel until it deals with the Palestinians; Israel refuses to deal with the Palestinians until Arab states recognize its right to exist. To get around that, Baker advanced a two-track proposal: parallel contacts between Israel and Arab governments and between Israel and Palestinian representatives...