Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coincidentally, on the very day planned for the treaty signing, members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries were to meet in Geneva. And not at all coincidentally, the Arab nations were expected to exact a penalty for a treaty they abhor by once again raising the price of oil. Even Saudi Arabia, which has long been a moderating influence in OPEC, disapproves of the Israeli-Egyptian pact enough to agree that oil should be used as a retaliatory political weapon against the U.S. But more than ideology and power politics would be at work in Geneva. There was also...
...yellow-striped tents pitched on the south lawn. A staff of 260 cooks and waiters was assembled to serve the 130 round tables, covered with yellow, green and white cloths, and decorated with hurricane lamps and forsythia branches. The diners, including congressional leaders, prominent Americans of both Jewish and Arab ancestry, and members of the press corps, were to be entertained by American Opera Star Leontyne Price, as well as distinguished musicians from Egypt and Israel...
...have completed their active duty but are subject to quick call-up, is supposed to number 700,000, but actually has fewer than 200,000. That shortage could be critical. The IRR would supply replacements for soldiers killed or wounded in the early weeks of war, and, as the Arab-Israeli clash in 1973 proved, modern weapons can cause heavy casualties at a fearsome rate...
...Saudi Arabia a force for moderation on more radical Arab regimes...
...negotiations on Palestinian autonomy proceed, will Israel's own Arab population become more militant...