Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While admitting that he is normally somewhat optimistic, the New York Times columnist said Israel "could and should find resolution with Palestine and all its Arab neighbors...
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: Israelis will go to the polls 5 months early Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres announced on Sunday, telling voters it was time to "renew his mandate". Believing that the Israelis and their Arab neighbors are ready to live in peace, Peres would consider reelection a confirmation of his peacemaking policy. The rescheduling of the October elections for the end of May has caused controversy in Israel. Peres' opponents accuse him of self interest, trying to turn the wave of support for the peace process which followed Rabin's death into an electoral victory. Peres is conscious...
Charges of falsified counts, intimidation at the polls and missing ballot boxes have delayed final results of the Palestinian elections, which were intended to set a standard for democracy in the Arab world. P.L.O. chairman Yasser Arafat, in the race for President of the Palestinian Council, crushed challenger Samiha Khalil with 88% of the valid vote. Preliminary results showed his Fatah organization won about 50 of the 88 parliamentary seats...
...either from a military coup or from a fundamentalist revolt. At that point, the U.S. will be seen as allied with the failed regime, which will make relations with Egypt very difficult. Losing Egypt would be dangerous for the U.S. because it is the center of gravity for the Arab world with nearly half of the Arab population...
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia temporarily handed ruling authority over the world's biggest oil-producing state to his half brother Crown Prince Abdullah. Fahd, in his 70s, overweight and diabetic, suffered a stroke in November. The Crown Prince, while more of a traditionalist and an Arab nationalist than the King, is not likely to divert Saudi Arabia from its pro-American course. Meanwhile, Britain ordered the deportation to Dominica in the Caribbean of Mohammed al Mass'ari, a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia's royal family. Saudi Arabia had threatened to curtail trade, including military purchases, unless London silenced...