Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Calling attention to their own forces based along the border, the Syrians hinted at intervention. They also cut off Jumblatt's supply line: at one point he complained that the Syrians were denying him 4,000 guns and 7 million rounds of ammunition that had been donated by the Egyptian government and confiscated when they reached Damascus en route to Beirut. Finally, Assad persuaded Arafat to put pressure on Jumblatt to accept another ceasefire. The persuasions contained an implicit warning that if the war continued the Lebanese-based Palestinians might lose Syrian support and supplies...
...gain another cease-fire were backed primarily by Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabia's King Khalid, two conservative monarchs who are anathema to radical Arabs. The U.S. also endorsed Syria's peace efforts, as did Moscow, although the Russians played no perceptible role in the crisis. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was in Western Europe shopping for arms, strengthened his slightly tarnished credentials as a champion of the Moslem Arab cause by sending supplies to Jumblatt...
...plunged from over 80% to 15%, and their living standard has risen dramatically as the government brought paved roads, electricity, running water, technology and communications to once impoverished villages. Today the Israeli Arabs enjoy a standard of living that is not only considerably above that of the average Egyptian or Syrian but also higher than that of Israel's Oriental Jews...
...Sinai, E-Systems is building a base station where about 140 technicians and construction workers have installed sensors to monitor movements of Egyptian and Israeli troops and trucks along a 20-mile corridor. This is part of the peace-keeping arrangement worked out last September by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger...
...P.L.O. provocateurs. In either case, the unrest seemed to threaten the much heralded municipal elections scheduled to be held in 25 West Bank communities next month. Yet the long-term effect could prove beneficial. "At least Israel is debating in the same forum as the P.L.O ," noted an Egyptian official. "Now perhaps something can be organized where they can get to the guts of the problem...