Word: nasserism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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GAMAL ABDEL NASSER was no stranger to TIME's correspondents, nor were they strangers to him. Indeed, such was the Egyptian leader's charm that few journalists found their dealings with him impersonal, and in the 18 years he was in power he formed relationships with a number of TIME staffers...
Because the bloodshed has reinforced sympathy among many Arabs for the Palestinian cause, Nasser's attempt to satisfy both sides seems almost hopeless. Nonetheless, he is determined to support moderate elements of the fedayeen, hoping they will be able to work out a reconciliation with Hussein...
...light of the rivalries and lingering enmities among the Arabs, it is hardly surprising Nasser's summit came off no more successfully than Farouk's. Before the conclave got under way, Egypt's Minister of National Guidance, Mohammed Heikal, proclaimed: "This is a meeting of Arab leaders who think that they cannot sit idle in their air-conditioned offices making proclamations about the crisis in Jordan." The group, indeed, was able to engineer a merciful cease-fire in Jordan. But Arab leaders also had plenty of opportunity to sit in their air-conditioned rooms at the Nile...
...Jordan was one of the prime reasons for the Arab summit, when President Noureddine Atassi showed up in Cairo to represent the Damascus government he seemed surprised that anyone was upset. "You said you would never permit the Palestine resistance movement to be liquidated," he told a furious Gamal Nasser. "Well, they were being liquidated and we tried to save them. What can be wrong with that...
Renaissance Party. The fanatical leaders of the Baath Party who run the Damascus regime have long been Nasser's hair shirt. The Baath (literally, Renaissance) originated in Syria during World War II, blending socialism with Arab nationalism. In 1961, they supported Syria's pullout from the three-year-old United Arab Republic, thus ending Nasser's dream of an Egyptian-led Arab bloc. Currently controlled by a minority Moslem faction under General Salah Jadid, who wields the real power over the party, Syria has been rocked by no fewer than 16 coups in the past 21 years...