Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Arafat publicly scoffed at the U.S. offer, saying, "The weapons and the fleet that helped kill our women and children cannot protect us," although in private his aides hinted that they would welcome U.S. assistance in arranging a safe and orderly withdrawal of Palestinian forces from Lebanon to other Arab lands. In Washington, some members of Congress voiced doubts about the wisdom of sending American servicemen on a rescue mission to Lebanon for the second time in less than a quarter-century.* In Beirut, meanwhile, intermittent Israeli shelling and the blockade of West Beirut at times kept the leaders...
...West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Palestinian population reacted to the invasion of Lebanon with muted anger. Many, including former Mayor Bassam Shaka'a of Nablus, seemed convinced that Israel was determined to liquidate the P.L.O. and the Palestinian people as well, and were shocked by the failure of Arab states to come to their aid. The daily newspaper Al-Qudus, published in Jerusalem, denounced the Arab governments as "rotten regimes." On July 6, Israeli soldiers used bullets and tear gas to disperse a student demonstration at Bir Zeit University. Two days later, Israeli military authorities closed the university...
Habib has put his Middle Eastern background to good use at the bargaining table, impressing his Arab contacts with the few words of Arabic he learned at home and with his knowledge of Lebanese soccer scores. During one tense negotiation some years ago, an Arab leader broke into a string of expletives, which his translator diplomatically glossed over. Habib sat upright, his face split into a wide grin, and he roguishly wagged his finger at the Arab. Said he: "I don't know much Arabic, but I sure do know those words." The Arab leader laughed, warmed by Habib...
Last week's letter to Reagan seemed vague enough to leave the Soviets the option of doing nothing at all. Indeed, despite official protestations at the beginning of the conflict that the Soviet Union supported the Arab cause "not in words but in deeds," the Kremlin fortunately has shown a greater willingness to use harsh rhetoric than to intervene on behalf of the two participants who depend heavily on Soviet political and military support, Syria and the P.L.O...
Still, any use of the weapon may be a violation of the Israelis' reported pledge to use it only against two or more Arab states. Israel not only does not consider the P.L.O. to be a state; it does not recognize the organization as a legal entity...