Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bill Clinton's initial response has been perfectly pitched. By overly praising Israel, Clinton has assured Israelis that Washington will block any Arab attempt to exploit Jerusalem's goodwill. Even the prospect of U.S. troops in Gaza is possible, much as American forces helped monitor the Sinai accord a decade ago. Clinton must move beyond merely reviving the aborted U.S.-P.L.O. dialogue and actively embrace Arafat. As the P.L.O. leader's weakness dictated compromise with Israel, it now burdens the peace. Hard-line rejectionists want Arafat's head, literally. Prime Minister Rabin has come to understand that Arafat...
...guard against a collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian rapprochement if Arafat is killed, Washington should encourage other Arab states to recognize Israel immediately. Still in debt to the U.S. for the Gulf War, the Saudis and the gulf emirates can be cajoled, and a quick, final Jordanian-Israeli agreement should be a top U.S. priority...
...Washington will have to stroke Assad, knowing that Israel needs time to digest the latest events before ceding territory to Syria, no matter the peace that would be its price. In Clinton's favor is the fact that Assad can no longer count on Moscow to support his pan-Arab dream and Syria's need for Western assistance...
Money is also the best guarantee of Arafat's personal survival and of the peace process generally. As nothing else, a thriving Palestinian economy can stay the Arab fundamentalists' hand. But "if ((the West Bank's)) economy continues to more closely resemble Somalia's than Singapore's," says an Arafat adviser, "then all bets are off." With America's wallet thin, Clinton must craft a massive multilateral aid effort, much as the Administration brokered funds for Russia. Clinton can also encourage private investment and help fashion a Middle East common market. "It is yet to be proved that this...
...next morning, within hours of Israel's declaration of independence, five Arab armies invaded the country from all directions. The Jewish section of Jerusalem was besieged for several months, bombarded by Jordanian artillery from the east and by Egyptian forces from the south. What had been, since the beginning of the century, a neighborly feud between Arabs and Jews turned that night into a major international...