Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accepting the goal of a West Bank state. This compromise was necessary and good, as a Palestinian state is both justified in its own right and essential to peace. But the majority errs in placing the burden for future gains solely on the Israelis by advocating that the Arab states wait and see what Israel will do. It fails to realize that Syria and the P L O have rejected the accords on principle, not because Begin reneged. Instead the Arab states and the Palestinians should--as should Begin--act affirmatively to implement the accord...
...simply a product of his missionary zeal; it is clear that the primary U.S. interest in the Middle East is to establish peace. With the Camp David accords, Carter postponed for some time to come the dilemma of what position the U.S. would take in a full scale Arab-Israeli war--a dilemma that would force the U.S. to make impossible choices, and that might well produce severe divisiveness at home...
...include a seperate peace, since Israel views the diffusion of Egypt as a military threat as essential to its primary interest, Israeli national security. The question for Sadat then was how much he could get in return for the separate settlement toward resolving the primary issue for the Arab countries, the Palestinian problem. What Sadat decided was to settle for Israel's agreement to a "framework" for solving the Palestinian question, in the hope that once underway, movement toward a self-ruled Palestinian entity on the West Bank could not easily be stopped...
...Didn't Sadat have to give in on his demand for the return of all Arab territories...
...have peace if other Arab nations oppose this agreement...