Word: israel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Suggestion to the Brothers. Nasser's destination was Khartoum, where the leaders of the Arab world were gathering at one more summit in one more attempt to forge a united front against Israel. And once more, all hopes for unity were shot down even before the meetings began. Fearing that the old cries for jihad (holy war) were about to be toned down, Algeria's leftist President, Houari Boumediene, decided the meeting was not worth bothering about...
...seemed like old times - the friendly days before Nasser fired him for losing the war with Israel. The illusion did not last long. At dinner, Nasser in formed the marshal that he was under house arrest...
...consequences of defeat. Led by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the rich oil-producing states agreed to put up $392 million to rebuild Egypt and Jordan-on condition that they be allowed to resume oil shipments to the West. But instead of pursuing destructive schemes for all-out rearmament against Israel, the summit dwelt on more sober thoughts. Nasser himself set the tone...
...would be willing to fight Israel again, he told his fellow rulers, but only if all Arab states turn over half their national income to help prepare for the battle. Since that seemed hardly likely, Nasser quickly added: "We feel the time is not ripe for a military adventure and suggest to the brothers that they consider the possibilities for a political solution to the problems that face us." In other words, negotiate for the return of their land now tightly held by the Israelis...
Tito's Plan. Just how the Arabs might negotiate with a country they refuse to recognize is far from clear. And it is doubtful whether any concessions they are prepared to offer would come close to satisfying Israel. There were hints, for example, that the Arabs might agree to the peace plan being peddled by Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito. But Israel has already turned thumbs down on the idea that the Arabs, in return for their lost lands, would open the Suez Canal to Israeli cargoes, the Gulf of Aqaba to Israel shipping, and declare...