Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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UNITED NATIONS--Arab nations said yesterday the General Assembly session will move to Geneva so PLO chief Yasser Arafat can address it, unless the United States reverses itself within 48 hours and grants him a visa...
...Arab diplomats, meanwhile, said they have enough votes to move the session from New York to Geneva so Arafat can address the world body on the Palestinian issue...
...voting observer status at the United Nations and is a member of the Arab League...
Arafat's supporters hailed the moves as a historic compromise with their enemy. Certainly the actions represented a victory for Palestinian moderates. Starting with Algeria, more than 30 countries, including Turkey, Yugoslavia and numerous Arab and nonaligned nations, quickly recognized the self-declared state; as many as 130 are expected to do so. The Soviet Union recognized Arafat's proclamation but did not immediately extend full diplomatic relations. In the occupied territories, the Israeli army clamped on curfews to prevent violent outbursts or jubilant displays. Though shopkeepers in Arab East Jerusalem passed out chocolates and local residents exchanged greetings...
...donned a pair of spectacles and began reading softly from the document he held in his hands. Then the Palestine Liberation Organization chairman's voice suddenly rose in a crescendo and his right arm chopped the air. "In the name of God, and in the name of the Palestinian Arab people," Arafat shouted into the microphone, "the Palestine National Council announces the establishment of the state of Palestine, with holy Jerusalem as its capital...