Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surprisingly, the crown prince's response was negative. Kuwait's membership in the Arab League, the prince said, prevented it from taking such bold steps in relations with Israel...
...what could he say if President Bush made the same request? The bottom line is that Kuwait and other Arab states are unlikely to heed the helpful proposals of Congress if they lack the president's endorsement. The legislative branch's authority on foreign affairs only goes...
CONGRESS'S FOCUS on the Arab states seems to be the sensible one, given that in recent weeks the Israelis have done their part to encourage the start of peace talks. First, in an effort to prevent conflict with Arab members of the anti-Iraq coalition, Israel refrained from retaliating after 39 Scud missile attacks terrorized and even killed members of its civilian population...
That restraint was followed by a flurry of statements from Israeli officials that show the Jewish state's desire to sit down with Palestinian representatives and leaders of Arab countries to work out a peace settlement for the region...
...March 5, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said, "We are ready to talk to any and every Arab country about peace without any preconditions." He reaffirmed that Israel stands by its two-track peace plan of May 1989, which would lead to autonomy for Palestinians in the occupied territories...