Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...public what it has been telling the Israelis in private. According to most observers, the U.S. op posed the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, though this did not have any effect on the Israeli government. But by failing to state its position forcefully, the Administration appeared to the Arab states to be a silent partner in the attack or at the very least an overly indulgent ally. Until the U.S. can distinguish openly between American policy and Israeli policy, and rein in some of the more expansionist tendencies of the Begin government, it cannot make real headway in improving its relations...
...line between Iran and Iraq, but changing circumstances call for a defter touch than the U.S. has displayed thus far. Says Richard Helms, a former U.S. Ambassador to Iran (and onetime head of the Central Intelligence Agency): "Now is the time to come to the aid of our moderate Arab friends...
...different Arab world could have helped avert the disaster in Lebanon: it could have found and imposed a solution before the disaster occurred. Now one does not know. Now we have the problem of Beirut. This is the first time an Arab capital is beleaguered, with Palestinians and Lebanese inside...
...lurking beneath the placid facade were gathering tensions that threatened to bring the Israeli siege to an imminent and bloody climax. After weeks of intense haggling, negotiations to transfer some 6,000 Palestinian guerrillas encircled inside West Beirut to another Arab country came to a virtual standstill when Syria refused again to offer them sanctuary. Moreover, the Israelis charged that Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat had no intention of leaving Beirut and that he was deliberately dragging his feet in order to avoid a direct Israeli attack on his stronghold. In East Beirut, the director-general of Israel...
Middle East upheavals, of course, remain a constant threat, as evidenced by Iran's invasion of Iraq last week. Arab ministers last month considered using their so-called oil weapon to pressure the U.S. and Israel over the fighting in Lebanon, although they ultimately took no action. Turmoil ranging from the fall of a key government like that of Saudi Arabia to the expansion of Soviet influence in the region could also shut off supplies...