Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Israeli-born Zionists will continue the legacy left by the Chalutzim. The far more realistic Likud party is committed to continuing their farming with a plow in one hand and, only if necessary, an Uzi in the other until the conditions of mutual respect are realized by all other Arab countries...
...power -- and included several trusted officers from Tikrit, Hussein's hometown. Last week, in possibly another planned attack, a former head of army intelligence claimed that several Republican Guard officers were charged with planning to assassinate Saddam and his two sons. The general, Wafiq al-Samarra'i, told the Arab media that Hussein responded by reorganizing the elite force that protects him and his family. The reports point to the mounting pressures on the leader and increasing dissatisfaction among the Iraqi people, says TIME Beirut bureau chief Lara Marlowe. "Under the circumstances, there is a lot of tension within...
...towards true economic independence and allow it to be weaned off the $3 billion in annual U.S. assistance. Netanyahu's impassioned speech also touched on the issues of peace with security, his readiness to negotiate with Palestinians and the fact that Israel has no quarrel with any of its Arab neighbors that cannot be solved amicably. But Silver notes that his omissions say more than the rhetoric: "He didn't mention the Oslo peace agreement, he set no time for redeploying troops from Hebron or meeting with Arafat. Unlike his predecessor, he still speaks of Arafat as a terrorist...
...naval station in Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, is host to 32 ships, including a carrier deck full of warplanes. Kuwait and Qatar have each agreed to store enough armor, artillery and supplies for an entire brigade of U.S. soldiers; a similar accord with the United Arab Emirates is in the works. And finally, the U.S. is constructing a "noose" of five air bases around the region that could help stifle any provocations on the part of Iran and Iraq...
...election of Benjamin Netanyahu six weeks ago as Israel's new prime minister has discouraged some proponents of the ongoing Middle East peace process. Netanyahu has vowed to take a harder line than did his predecessors, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, on trusting the surrounding Arab nations on security and economic matters...