Word: expel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israelis in 1948 as foreign intruders. The influx of outsiders promised by the creation of the state of Israel meant that Palestinians would be displaced and a new, foreign polity introduced just at a time when nationalism was awakening in the Third World. As the Arabs were trying to expel the last elements of European colonialism, the Israelis--a new group whose external appearance and way of life seemed largely European--intruded. It is not surprising that the Arabs reacted with hostility...
Hussein, in fact, declared an amnesty for all Palestinian guerrillas and other political prisoners in Jordan except those convicted of murder or espionage. The pardoned numbered about 970, many of whom had been imprisoned since September 1970, when Jordan launched a drive to expel the fedayeen from its territory (which indirectly led to the founding of the murderous Black September movement). Hussein also extended amnesty to some 2,500 Palestinian guerrillas and others outside Jordan who had been convicted in absentia or were wanted for trial on political charges...
...Israelis have two interests on the West Bank: first, the right to settle everywhere and to buy land. We do not have to expel the Arabs, but if they want to sell a piece of land and a Jew wants to buy, why shouldn't he have the right to do so. [Because the status of the occupied territories is still unsettled, the Israeli government has forbidden Jews to buy land on the West Bank.] The other interest is security. We have no ambi tion to be the rulers of the Moslem Arabs, but it is a different thing...
...uninterested in the grand visions of Zionism; yet they are zealous about the fate of their homeland. They tend to be more tolerant and respectful toward the Arabs of Israel than their parents are. In the right-wing extremist group called "Land of Israel," which would like to expel Arabs from all Israeli territory, there is said to be not a single native-born Israeli...
...Jews for Jesus invasion and Fenton's counterattack have helped revive an Orthodox campaign to expel all Christian missions from Israel. Some of the uproar has spilled over into the Israeli government. Last month four Cabinet ministers were assigned to consider drafting a new law to curb "the Christian missionaries of the Jews for Jesus movement." But Justice Minister Ya'acov Shapiro believes that Israel must continue its liberal policies toward other religions: "If you want to rule Jerusalem, you must accept this kind of thing." And the Liberal Party's Yitzhak Golan says: "In a democracy...