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According to Yorty, Sirhan wrote that Kennedy must be killed before June 5, the first anniversary of the last Arab-Israeli war, a date that has detonated demonstrations in some Arab countries (see THE WORLD). Sirhan was also said to have written "Long live Nasser." Yorty went on to characterize Sirhan as pro-Communist and anti-American, and to imply that he might have had some extremist connections. In contrast, the police and prosecutor had been bending over backward to protect Sirhan's legal rights?advising him of his right to counsel and his right to remain silent, calling...
...Heedless of the lessons of that swift, disastrous encounter, Arab speakers called in thundering phrases for a renewal of the war, foreshadowing further strife in the Middle East. As a fighting slogan the Arab nations have adopted "Victory or Martyrdom," and in a nationwide speech, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser declared that "we have no alternative but to attain unequivocal, decisive and dignified victory...
...usually nonmilitant Beirut took to the streets and shouted "Arms, arms!" and "Draft us!" In Egypt on the day of the Israeli parade, 7,300,000 voters went to the polls and, by an affirmative vote of 99.98%, which is even purer than Ivory Soap, endorsed President Gamal Abdel Nasser's reform program in a ritual that he described as "louder than the thunder of 300 tanks in Arab Jerusalem." Though the vote was ostensibly on a series of domestic reforms, Nasser had also asked the people to make it a ringing endorsement of his policy of renewed holy...
...have led to the temporary closing of at least three dozen universities in the U.S., Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Mexico, Ethiopia and other countries. Belgian student demonstrations, fanning the old Flemish-v.-Walloon controversy, brought the government down. Egyptian students, marching in spontaneous protest against government inefficiency, obliged Gamal Abdel Nasser to rearrange his Cabinet. Communist Poland put down street demonstrations, but only after suspending more than 1,000 rebellious students. More successful were Czechoslovakia's students: their protests were a significant factor in pushing out the old Stalinists and shifting the direction of government toward greater liberty...
Tough Warning. The peace in the Middle East remains, fragile, and Israel's enemies have, if anything, grown more vengeful. At Cairo University last week, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser told a cheering audience that his country must "mobilize for the decisive battle against Israel." For his part, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, in one of his toughest statements, warned that his army would invade Jordan if terrorists continue to use it as a base from which to raid Israel. Said Dayan: "The Jordan Valley could turn into a battlefield in which there will be no room...