Word: homelands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House decided that bombing was a little too spectacular. What was needed, they decided, were specially-trained Marines who would be ready to make a quick trip to a rebellious land, get rid of the rebellion, set up a puppet government, and then return to defend the homeland. After all, hadn't the CIA coup in Guatemala worked just that...
There was something both tragic and hopeful about the exodus. Vietnamese whose relatives had lived in Cambodia for hundreds of years had been kicked out of their homeland, where they were now considered a potential Communist fifth column. Many had lost property and money along the way. Worst of all, they had been robbed of any chance to live out their lives in peace. But they were happy at the chance to visit Viet Nam, in many cases for the first time in their lives...
...Palestinian aspect of the conflict is somewhat simpler and seemingly purer. First, the Palestinians want a state of their own of which Israel and the Arab states have "deprived" them. Second, they want their state in their "homeland." most of which is now part of Israel. Many of the Palestinian leaders express a desire for a "de-Zionized" Palestinian state of both Palestinians and Jews, although for the vast major?? of Israelis and world Jewry, who are in favor of a Jewish state, this is just as deadly a solution as "throwing the Jews into...
...they believe that a compromise could be worked out. Everyone argues this differently, but most of those I talked to thought that. among other things, the Palestinians would eventually realize that today's Israel is no longer their "homeland" of 20 years ago, and both in fact and in spirit the Palestinians "homes" are no longer theirs...
...Israelis-who see themselves as fighting for their lives-neutrality, and sometimes objectivity, are impossible. For the Palestinians-who see themselves as fighting for their homeland-neutrality and objectivity are similarly rare...