Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Identification Friend or Foe) radio transponders that are standard equipment on military and civilian aircraft. A missile battery equipped with IFF can "interrogate" an aircraft by beaming a radio signal at it and listening to the answering squawk. But the system is not foolproof. In the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, Arab batteries fired 2,100 antiaircraft missiles and destroyed 85 aircraft -- 45 of them Arab, 40 Israeli...
...return, Shamir is hoping for lenient treatment once the U.S. turns its attention to the Arab-Israeli conflict. He may be in for a surprise. Says a U.S. diplomat: "We're going to owe some Arab countries much more than we owe Israel." Distrusting Bush and Baker, Shamir is banking instead on the support of Congress, which will have its eye on the 1992 elections...
...precaution, Shamir has also promised to revive his own peace initiative, which he buried last year after Baker took it seriously. The plan called for direct peace talks with the Arab states, as well as elections in the territories to choose leaders who would then negotiate limited autonomy with Israel. This time Shamir hopes to quash the P.L.O.'s campaign for a Palestinian homeland once and for all, while demanding that Arab nations end their state of belligerency with Israel. He says, "Arafat and his ilk are the biggest supporters of the murderer in Baghdad. The time has come...
...against Iraq has improved both Israel's image and its security. But unless Shamir can adapt to the postwar order, those gains will be short-lived. So far, his ambitious strategy looks disastrous. As long as he refuses to deal with the Palestinians, he cannot expect peace with the Arab states. Nor will Washington automatically provide the billions in aid needed to house and employ Soviet Jews. If Shamir simply chooses to hunker down and avoid compromise, his nation may find itself even more isolated than it was before...
...Hillel member Mark Garmaise '94 said the week shows 'solidarity with all the people of Israel, Arab and Jew alike...