Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cannot deny Sharfstein his idealism. Certainly, I, too, would love if Israel were not under constant attack and could exist in a region of peace and justice and love between enemies. I, too, expect Israel to live up to a higher standard than its Arab neighbors--to not sponsor international terrorism, to not force its children into battle as a propaganda technique, to punish, not reward, the violations of its soldiers. But Sharfstein fails to present a realistic argument in favor of open criticism of internal Israeli policy. His comparison with criticism of a Jewish religious issue is hollow...
...Arab diplomats, who sponsored the resolution, said later that they planned to move swiftly to introduce another resolution shifting the General Assembly to Geneva in mid-December to hear Arafat speak on the declaration of an independent Palestinian state...
Arafat has said he wants to explain the new position taken by the Palestine National Council, which acts as the PLO legislature, in implicitly recognizing Israel by accepting U.N. resolutions on the Arab-Israeli conflict...
...Arab diplomats called the U.S. visa denial a "slap in the face" and a violation of the agreement...
...decision [to move to Geneva] is already taken by Arab countries and the PLO that the U.N. debate on Palestine and the Middle East should be done in a more hospitable country which abides by its obligations," the PLO envoy told reporters...