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Word: homelands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Westerners, the Palestinian stance may seem hopelessly wrongheaded and self-destructive. After all, a return to terrorism by the P.L.O. tends to undermine Sadat, even though he has maintained steadfastly that he would make no deal with the Israelis without a provision for some sort of Palestinian homeland on the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinians simply do not believe him, apparently, and their present view is born of a rising desperation. "They are running out of space," reports Correspondent Brelis. "Having been expelled from Jordan by King Hussein in the early 1970s, they find themselves no longer welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Israel Severs the Arm | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...Begin believes withdrawal from Lebanon can be used as a bargaining chip to extract concessions from Washington and Cairo, he could well be in for a surprise. The invasion is likely to do nothing except severely set back negotiations and divert attention from the main issues of a Palestinian homeland and the occupied territories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tragedy In the Middle East | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...should be noted, however, that Israel is not solely to blame for shattering the fragile status-quo. Moreover, the terrorist attack gives some validity to Israeli fears about negotiating with the PLO at this stage. That is not meant to belittle the necessity of establishing a Palestinian homeland on the West Bank. Nor is it intended to imply that an overall settlement at Geneva--taking account of that necessity--is not the ultimate solution to the problem of peace. It does suggest, though, that perhaps the best way to capitalize on the momentum left over from Egyptian President Sadat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tragedy In the Middle East | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

This explains why Zionists molded themselves according to the slogan "The nation without a land--back to its homeland without a population." Therefore they were welcomed by the prominent Arab leader Emir Faisal, King of Iraq, who signed a cooperation treaty in 1919 with Chaim Weizman, who later became the first president of Israel...

Author: By Nissan Degani, | Title: Palestinians and Zionism: Searching for a Homeland | 2/28/1978 | See Source »

Professor Said also knows very well that the free influx of Arabs to Palestine in those years was not motivated by any wish to return to a homeland, as in the case of the Jews, but for one reason only: to get jobs and raise their standard of living, thanks to the Jewish return to Palestine. Professor Said also says that "When Israel came into being in 1948, Jews owned only 6 per cent of the land, Arabs the rest...

Author: By Nissan Degani, | Title: Palestinians and Zionism: Searching for a Homeland | 2/28/1978 | See Source »

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