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...MIDDLE EAST. The State Department thinks that Nasser's United Arab Republic might be a long-range stabilizing force in the very unstable Middle East. The problem is not to turn Nasser away from Communism-that has already happened -but to prevent war between the U.A.R. and Israel...
...often before in his ten-year reign, the throne of Jordan's King Hussein trembled last week. In the capital city of Amman, in old Jerusalem. Nablus, Hebron and Ramallah, crowds filled the streets roaring, "Bidna Nasser! Bidna Nasser!" (We want Nasser...
...people are Palestinian Arabs, who care little about the nation's stability, progress or growing industry. Above all else, they are intent on eliminating Israel and regaining their former homes, and see Arab unity as the only way to do it; to them, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser seems the only leader capable of achieving their goals...
...heads), and by the establishment of a 22-hour curfew. Schools were shut down by the government or closed by student sit-ins. Angered when the unruly Parliament forced the resignation of his Prime Minister Samir Rifai, King Hussein dissolved it and ordered the arrest of ten pro-Nasser Deputies. As caretaker Prime Minister, during the four months before new national elections, the King picked fat, easygoing Sherif Hussein ibn Nasser, 66, who is Hussein's great-uncle, is also married to Hussein's aunt, and-despite his name-no relation to Egypt's Nasser...
King Hussein was not dependent on relatives alone. He drew support from businessmen, farmers and the middle class -people with something to lose. Bedouin chiefs led 4,000 tribesmen into the gardens of Basman Palace to shout "Long live Hussein, our King!" When the Bed ouins overenthusiastically roared anti-Nasser slogans, Hussein stopped them with an angry gesture, offering conciliation to Nasser with the words "Jordan is the heart of the Arab homeland and seeks Arab unity...