Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look at the title of their "fact sheet." It is called "What You Need To Know About The Palestinian Uprising." Are seven diputable half-truths all one needs to know in order to understand the complexities of an issue that has riddled experts for forty years? The Arab students omit, not only their names from this poster, but also the story behind the statements. Perhaps they are scared to openly admit their support for an organization that takes greatest pride in the murder of disabled American Leon Klinghoffer, the 1972 massacre of Olympic Athletes in Munich, and the 1974 massacre...
...Society of Arab Students' anti-Israel campaign is filled with extremism. anti-Americanism, sensationalism, and hate. The Palestinians have legitimate complaints, but the United States is standing true to its ideals by continuing to support Israel, the sole democracy in the region and a country with a human right record far superior to that of any member of the Arab League. While its members claim to do otherwise, the Society of Arab Students systematically attempts to block rational consideration of the current conflict. Glen I.A. Schwaber...
...Iran-Iraq war. U.S. specialists contend that the most likely target for the CSS-2s is not Israel but Iran, whose leaders have repeatedly threatened Saudi Arabia. Israeli military experts do not disagree with the analysis, but are discomfited at finding themselves within range of Arab missiles. When asked about the Saudi arsenal, Yossi Ben-Aharon, the director general of the Prime Minister's office, replied ominously, "Israel has acquired a reputation of not waiting until a potential danger becomes an actual danger...
Soon, however, there were other images to record: those of Jewish soldiers shooting and beating demonstrators who were armed only with stones, roughing up Arab women, and even breaking the bones of unarmed captives. As these images flashed around the world, soiling the reputation of the once vaunted Israel Defense Force, Jerusalem quickly saw the dark side of its enlightened media policy. Officials came to an all too familiar conclusion: the press was to blame...
...lifted at week's end, but officials made it clear that reporters could be banned again should events warrant it. Intensifying the effects of the blackout, the army closed for six months the Palestine Press Service, a Jerusalem-based network of Arab journalists. Foreign reporters thus lost a dependable supplement from inside the territories to the sparse information in army press releases...