Word: morocco
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...cover the 1977 border skirmishes between Egypt and Libya for U.P.I., "But this was my first look at direct air attacks," says Zagorin. "It was a sobering and frightening experience." Meanwhile, Drozdiak was on his way back to Cairo from a four-day conference of Islamic ministers in Fez, Morocco, when the fighting erupted. He dashed to Rome to connect with an all-night flight to Kuwait, and by Friday he was surveying the bomb-shattered port town of Basra, Iraq. Middle East Bureau Chief William Stewart hastened back to Beirut to coordinate TIME's coverage...
...four were anything but typical Israeli politicians. One of the Knesset members was Charlie Biton, 29, a Sephardic Jew from Morocco, and the other was Tewfik Toubi, 57, an Israeli Arab. The woman was Felicia Langer, an Israeli lawyer who frequently represents West Bank Palestinians in court. All are members of the pro-Moscow Israeli Communist Party, which is known as RAKAH and is part of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality. During the 20-minute conversation, Arafat said he was happy to meet "the peace forces of Israel...
...real meaning of the meeting lay in the apparent decision of the P.L.O. leader to make so conciliatory a gesture at this time. Even to some Israelis, the incident tended to lend credence to a telling public remark made by Morocco's King Hassan II last week. The P.L.O., said Hassan, was ready at long last to accept the existence of Israel "within secure and recognized boundaries," if Israel would agree to similar recognition of a Palestinian state. Said Uri Avnery, a prominent leftist member of the Knesset: "This has been in the works for years...
...some ways, merger could be useful to both countries. As usual, Syria is having trouble with neighboring Iraq, and could use some of Libya's oil riches for its ailing economy and for modernizing its Soviet-equipped army. Libya is at loggerheads with Egypt and Morocco and is viewed with suspicion by a number of other Arab states. There are also some problems at home. Gaddafi has vowed to go to Upper Galilee to fight the Israelis. Apparent meaning: he would not mind sending to Syria some of those Libyan military units, now based in Tobruk near the Egyptian...
...Knesset's action on Jerusalem, Sadat shot off an 18-page letter to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, explaining that he had no choice but to suspend the Egyptian-Israeli talks on Palestinian autonomy (see box). Sadat's decision won him plaudits among his estranged Arab neighbors. Morocco's King Hassan II and Jordan's King Hussein have joined the Saudis in trying to lure Sadat back to the Arab fold, and have let it be known that he might gain some badly needed oil money to shore up Egypt's economy. Explained Chedli Klibi...