Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tunnel crisis in Jerusalem incensed Egyptians, despite President Hosni Mubarak's previous admonitions for patience with Benjamin Netanyahu. Mubarak refused to attend the summit in Washington two weeks ago, saying it would be fruitless. Other Arab leaders, including Jordan's King Hussein, who attended the summit, have since expressed their frustration with Israel. Last week, at a retreat on the Suez Canal, Egypt's leader spoke of disappointments and dangers with TIME Middle East correspondent Scott MacLeod and reporter Amany Radwan...
Mubarak: I am very, very, very upset. I am a man of peace. I would like to have peace with the Israelis. Egypt is the country that opened the door of peace. Without the initiative of the late President [Anwar] Sadat, I don't think a single Arab country would have had the courage to negotiate with the Israelis. They should realize this...
Mubarak: I cannot give him a chance for four years. In July I told him, "I'm telling the people to give you a chance. Please do something. It is very important for the public opinion not only in Egypt but in the whole Arab world." Then came August, September, October. No progress. What can I tell public opinion? "Give him a chance"? Till when...
Mubarak: I know President Clinton was doing his best just to bring the two leaders together. But I knew that there would be no output from this meeting. I hope they can do something. The situation is boiling. The people are fed up all over the Arab world...
...Weizman over the 19 years they have known each other. Weizman, who has the respect of Arafat and Mubarak, is trying to play an important symbolic role in keeping the balance on the peace process. He has taken the political initiative to try and maintain the confidence of the Arab partners in Israel as a whole. Netanyahu was unable to do that." -->