Word: arabism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...charged of recording claims in Haret Hreik High School. "We have the will and strength. I don't know where the money comes from, but our leaders tell us we have all we need. In a few weeks it will become clear if it came from Iran or the Arab countries...
...Lebanon. While hundreds of innocent Lebanese are being slaughtered, Tony Blair wrings his hands and utters a few platitudes to the dead and dying. And the U.S., with its blatant support of Israeli aggression, has relinquished any hope of being an honest broker between the Jewish state and the Arab world. There can be no peace in the Middle East until Palestinians have justice. What Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has done will make neither Israel nor the rest of the world more secure from violence, hatred and terrorism. Garth Groombridge Southampton, England The Iran Factor In his column...
...That's bad news also for the Bush Administration, whose fantasies of leading an Arab front against Hizballah and Iran collapsed under pressure from Arab allies - Lebanon foremost among them - for an immediate cease-fire. The U.S. suffered diplomatically for its support of Israel's campaign - and may have made its work in Iraq that much more difficult - and was forced to settle for something less than the emphatic victory over Hizballah it had expected...
...Hizballah defined success as its forces simply surviving the Israeli onslaught intact, and exacting a substantial price from the Israelis for their offensive. The U.S. endorsed Israel's objectives - viewing Hizballah as nothing more than a proxy for Iran and Syria - and sought diplomatic cover for Israel by rallying Arab support against Hizballah and initially delaying calls for a cease-fire to give Israel more time to finish off Hizballah militarily. A genuine cease-fire would have to address the root cause of the conflict, said President Bush, by which he meant disarming Hizballah. And, he and Secretary of State...
...Lebanese politician who knows him well, "is that he believes in what he is doing and defends it convincingly." Says Hanna Anbar, a journalist who has covered Nasrallah for years: "Behind that smile, he's a very tough personality. He doesn't compromise." Part of his appeal on the Arab street is his refusal to accept Israel's right to exist and his enthusiastic support for Palestinian attacks, including suicide bombings, against Israelis. After he became Hizballah's leader at age 32, he calculated that hit-and-run attacks would eventually force the vastly mightier Israel Defense Forces to quit...