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PALESTINIAN WRITERS in this country have argued that the Palestinian problem is the main root of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Walid Khalidi, who with Edward Said is the PLO's best-known supporter here, argued in last summer's Foreign Affairs that by bringing the PLO into negotiations on a Palestinian state the U.S. could stabilize the region's regimes and thus defend its interests. The currents of nationalism, pan-Arabism and pan-Islam, while undeniable, pale in comparison with the Palestinian issue, he contended. All Arab regimes, whether conservative or radical are united in their support...
...Palestinian descent teaching at an American University. No names were mentioned, but speculation centered on three potential negotiators: Edward W. Said, 42, a Jerusalem-born professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia; Ibrahim Abu Lughod, 48, a native of Jaffa who teaches political science at Northwestern; and Walid Khalidi, a Lebanese national who is a visiting professor lecturing on Middle East affairs at Harvard. Sadat said that Yasser Arafat had agreed to his proposal. The professors have denied receiving any offers...
...last week, the N.L.F. captured Zingibar, capital of Fadhli. Next morning a band of 28 N.L.F. rebels invaded the town of Jaar and kidnaped Sheik Ali Atefal-Khalidi, 24, who was taking his turn as chief of state of the federation's government, a job that rotates among the sheiks. Most of the other sheiks were off in Geneva, talking with a delegation of U.N. independence observers who had prudently decided to do their observing from afar...
...Khalidi, a man inclined toward the West and backed by King Hussein, has been in office only a week. Leftists elements called a general strike for tomorrow, and small anti-Khalidi demonstrations broke out in the Arab section of Jerusalem and two other west Jordan cities, Jerico and Nablus...
...that young King Hussein's palace was in league with the British and Americans in plots against Jordan's independence and liberty. The charge was made Saturday by Maj. Gen. Ali Hayari, who fled to Syria and resigned as army chief of staff. Representatives of all political parties met Khalidi and his Cabinet of six independents and one National Socialist for a showdown...