Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greatest fear of American policymakers has been that the Arab-Israeli conflict would gradually, or perhaps suddenly, drive other, traditionally moderate Arabs toward Gaddafi's militant banner. U.S. officials are concerned that Gaddafi-ism, as his brand of uncompromising opposition to the existence of any Jewish state in the area is sometimes called, will spread, and along with it his influence...
That nightmare seems, so far at least, not to be coming true. On the contrary, since the Lebanon crisis began two months ago, Gaddafi's relations with almost every Arab state, and a number of non-Arab ones as well, have deteriorated. Tensions have risen between him and Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization, between him and Syria and between him and the Soviet Union...
Gaddafi is not only angrier and more implacable than ever toward Israel and the U.S., he is disgusted with the Palestine Liberation Organization for even entertaining the idea of leaving Beirut, with the neighboring Arab states for accepting the Palestinians, and with the Soviet Union for not somehow preventing the U.S. from letting Israel get away with the invasion...
While refusing to name countries, Gaddafi was scathing about the eight states that have tentatively agreed to accept the P.L.O., including Syria, with which Libya is supposedly still negotiating a merger. "The reactionary Arab regimes that have had a hand in arranging the expulsion of the Palestinian resistance will themselves face the revenge of the Palestinians," Gaddafi said. "If the Palestinian fighters are dispersed to several Arab countries, the regimes there will suffer unrest. There will be destabilization in those countries. Moreover, the Palestinians will find a way to return [to Lebanon and to fight against Israel] across a number...
Gaddafi is equally furious with Yasser Arafat and the central P.L.O. leadership for agreeing to leave Lebanon. "The fact is that right-wing Palestinians and right-wing Arab regimes have been accomplices in bringing about this shameful catastrophe, this disaster that has befallen the civilians [of Lebanon] and this threat to international peace. I believe the current leadership [of the Palestinians] has lost the justification for its existence. Out of this whole situation will perhaps come a new leadership that will be able to undo the disaster in Beirut, one that will be able to take over from...