Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DEFENDERS of Israel justify the country's ties with South Africa, its massive arms build-up, the mistreatment of its Arab citizens and the maltreatment of Sephardic Jews? How can a country created for moral reasons continue to act immorally...
...moment Assad seems content to leave his large force in Lebanon, certain that the Israelis, the U.S. Marines and the other members of the Multi-National Force will decide to withdraw on their own. But the Syrian President is also mindful of the rise of a moderate Arab bloc whose members include Egypt, Jordan and the branch of the Palestine Liberation Organization that remains loyal to Chairman Yasser Arafat. This group, which is almost certain to gain the support of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, is likely to become far more influential than Syria in dealing with the Palestinian problem. Such...
...emergence of Egypt as a force in the Arab world is the critical factor in Assad's thinking. Two weeks ago the 42-nation Islamic summit meeting in Casablanca invited Egypt to return to the group. Its membership had been suspended in 1979 after Cairo signed a peace treaty with Israel. The government of President Hosni Mubarak is anxious to do so, but only if this will not compromise its support of Camp David and of the pact with Israel. The next step may come in March, when Egypt's moderate friends will try to get Cairo readmitted...
...they watch the rising agitation around them, the Israelis are conspicuously uneasy. They fear Syria's desire to dominate Lebanon. They are concerned about Egypt, the only Arab neighbor with whom they are formally at peace, as it repairs its ties with the Islamic world. They are also suspicious of Hussein's and Arafat's attempts to start a dialogue on the future of Palestinians on the Israeli-occupied West Bank. They believe that such a dialogue, if successful, would bring renewed U.S. pressure on Israel to enter negotiations on the occupied territories...
...plan to give Jordan $220 million for training and equipping a special strike force that could be used in the event of an emergency in the region. Both the Saudis and the Jordanians say they want the arms for defense against other Muslim countries, but the Israelis regard any Arab arms buildup as a potential threat...