Word: arabism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this, please have before you on screen, paper, or wall, a reliable full-scale map of the Middle East, one stretching from Morocco to Afghanistan, from the Caspian Sea to the Gulf of Aden. You will note that the territory covering 5.25 million miles belongs to states of the Arab League—18 independent Arab states and three part-Arab Muslim states, Mauritania, Somalia, and Djibouti. There is one holdout in that hegemony: Along the Mediterranean, south of Lebanon, east of Egypt, and west of Jordan, is the 8,000 square mile Jewish state of Israel?...
...Randall also has the advantage of being a student group leader himself. Last year, he served as the Vice-President of the Society of Arab Students. He understands the financial challenges and frustrations student groups have to deal with every...
...join the talks in a show of support for the weak Palestinian leadership. Still, the summit, which set the goal of creating a Palestinian state at peace with Israel by the end of 2008, was a risk. If talks fail, says George Salem, a co-founder of the Arab American Institute, "then the extremists will attempt to once again take control. The stakes are quite high...
...Robert Malley, a Clinton Middle East negotiator, argues that Bush stands a better chance than Clinton did of creating a Palestinian state. Says Malley: "The Israeli and Palestinian leaders share a personal bond and need for success, President Bush has more time left than Clinton did, and the Arab world is being actively courted...
...easier to put tough demands on the table. But foreign diplomats say he lacks subtlety in both approaches, forcing black-and-white decisions on adversaries and focusing on individual leaders instead of their countries' interests. "I don't have much to say for his diplomatic style," says a senior Arab diplomat involved in the Israeli-Palestinian talks, after cataloging Bush's shortcomings...