Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...treated the President with professorial condescension, was too prickly to deal with and offered his opinions on matters beyond his official duties. They were especially irritated by Rostow's objections to parts of the Administration's Middle East policy, including the sale of sophisticated U.S. aircraft to Arab nations. Rostow was talked by aides out of quitting over the Grey nomination with the argument that "you shouldn't resign on personnel matters; you resign on issues...
...relations between the two countries, and that they should also discuss arrangements for maintaining security in southern Lebanon, opposite the Israeli border. The government of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel feared that any steps toward diplomatic recognition of Israel would upset Muslim-Christian relations within Lebanon and, worse, anger neighboring Arab states. Lebanon needs Saudi Arabian assistance in repairing the massive damage caused by the war, as well as Syrian cooperation in withdrawing forces from Lebanon. Both the Saudis and the Syrians have expressed their opposition to an agreement between Israel and Lebanon that deals with anything other than the departure...
Behind those remarkable forecasts are harsh political realities that may affect Israel, its Arab neighbors and its U.S. ally for generations to come. The accelerated building program runs directly counter to the Reagan Administration's efforts to launch talks aiming toward a broad Middle East peace settlement. Last September, President Reagan offered a peace plan under which the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would become associated with Jordan. He called on Israel to halt its expansion of settlements in the occupied territories, hoping that such a step would bring Jordan to the bargaining table. Prime Minister Menachem Begin...
...newspaper advertisement for one new settlement promises, "A new road will be built that will enable you to reach Tel Aviv without the need to cross any Arab towns and villages." Critics argue that this is central to the whole concept: the creation of Jewish communities that have nothing in common and little to share with the Arab society around them. The schools and shops will be Israeli, the language Hebrew, and culture and entertainment will be available in the Israeli cities only 15 or 20 minutes away...
...Arab population in Israel is not the only problem dividing the country. In-fighting among Jews--the Ashkenazim, who originate from Europe and the Sephardim, who come from Arab and North African countries--has increased dramatically in recent months. Late in December, for example, a policeman fatally shot a Sephardic youth in a Tel Aviv slum. The incident sparked threats by Sephardim directed toward Ashkenazim, including slogans like "Ashkenazim to Auschwitz, Treblinka and Dachau" painted on walls in upper-class Ashkenazim neighborhoods...