Word: hafez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been busily building up his position as the Arab world's primary peacemaker. He has told dozens of visiting U.S. Congressmen: "I am not preparing for war, I am preoccupied with peace." With the support of the Saudis, he healed a rift with Syria's President Hafez Assad that had been caused by the Syrian incursion into Lebanon last May. Prior to the summit meeting of Arab and African leaders in Cairo last month, he got Jordan's King Hussein to agree to federation with a still-to-be-formed Palestinian state. This week in Washington...
...Field Marshal and President for Life Idi Amin Dada, who at times appeared in full-dress uniform with row upon row of decorations covering his awesome chest. Throughout the conference he was ignored as much as possible, but Big Daddy got his revenge. Just as Syria's President Hafez Assad was taking the rostrum to speak, Amin temporarily stole the show by speeding off, amid motorcycle sirens, to give a rambling and often incoherent press conference at which he declared, in case anybody was wondering, that he was not on the CIA payroll...
...fight against Israel and to accept the West Bank-Gaza state. Hussein figures prominently in these arguments. Last month he was in Aswan at Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's invitation to discuss the proposed linkage with the Palestinians, and before that in Damascus for similar talks with President Hafez Assad. Says one political observer in Amman: "The moderates want Hussein to 'leash' the West Bank to keep it from becoming too radical or too dangerous. They don't want to go through the agonizing process of negotiating Israeli withdrawal only to have a militant Palestinian regime...
...either at war or at peace," argues Syrian President Hafez Assad. At the moment Assad and other Arab leaders are opting for peace. The Syrian leader and Egypt's Anwar Sadat recently smoothed over a lengthy feud involving Syrian intervention in Lebanon; last week Jordan's King Hussein and Sadat met to discuss peace strategies and Palestinian statehood...
...formally voted a bill of dissolution and set the election for May 17. The vote, six months ahead of schedule, will almost certainly focus on domestic issues. It will also delay the resumption of serious Middle East peace talks, even though Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Syria's Hafez Assad have mounted a strong and serious diplomatic offensive to get Israel to the bargaining table...