Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...known as "linkage" has turned out to be more difficult to achieve than he thought. Nixon hoped to calm the Middle East by working with the Soviets, but last week he admitted: "I see very little defusing." The Russians are evidently content not to have genuine peace between the Arab nations and Israel, but a state of controlled tension. Nixon wanted Moscow to help him get a settlement in Viet Nam by applying pressure on the North Vietnamese. Although the Russians reportedly have tried, Hanoi remains intransigent at the Paris peace talks. He also sought to reopen conversations...
...ENEMY, MY BROTHER, by James Forman (Meredith; $4.95). Three young Jewish survivors of a concentration camp make their way from Warsaw to an Israeli kibbutz only to be caught up in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A thoughtful book best suited to older children...
...decolonialization, Gibraltar and its 25,000 people-descendants of immigrants who came from as far away as Genoa, Malta, Arab countries and India-hold an anachronistic loyalty to Britain. Two years ago, they voted 12,138 to 44 in favor of staying British, and posters still enjoin: KEEP GIBRALTAR TIDY-KEEP IT BRITISH. Gibraltar has virtual freeport status, and its tidy bazaar economy caters to an average 2,200 tourists a day. Britain has committed a million pounds sterling to building a water-distillation plant and housing for married servicemen...
...Arab pickpockets specialize in port cities. They use razors to slit back pockets of tourists in bars. They bump up against people brusquely, with no finesse...
...really. The world has forgotten Palestine. Now it must pay attention to our struggle. No matter what happens to the Arab world or the whole world, we will keep fighting to leave our tents and go home. Whoever opposes our fight will have to fight us. If the world thinks the commando movement is superficial, it is much mistaken. It is the only way open to us to go home...