Word: nasserism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...constant hostility and frequent war touched off new varieties of shock waves. At week's end, Israel's coalition cabinet was on the verge of splitting under the pressures of consent to the U.S. plan. Syria, Iraq and Algeria refused to follow Egypt's President Nasser and the other Arab nations in giving diplomacy a try. The Palestine guerrilla movement, accustomed to warring with Lebanon and Jordan over its freedom to make rocket and hit-and-run attacks on Israel, suddenly found itself at odds with Patron Nasser as well. In Amman, 3,000 guerrillas marched through...
Diplomatic Defensive. Such objections indicate the extent to which Nasser's action has put Israel-and the U.S. -on the diplomatic defensive. The U.S. is in something of a fix because it must now coax Israel to the peace table or be branded hypocritical for suggesting negotiations and then failing to deliver its client...
...Soviets and their Arab allies are not without problems, of course. While Nasser does not have to deliver the Palestinian Arabs to the peace table, he does have to keep their reaction in mind. And the Palestinians, particularly the guerrilla groups, are already on record as opposing any peace settlement short of dismantling Israel...
Tanks in Tripoli. Diplomats view last week's developments as merely the first halting steps on a long, rock-strewn road. The Soviet Union lost no time in confirming that opinion by launching a new military-assistance program in Libya, Nasser's next-door neighbor. Intelligence sources reported last week that Russian freighters have recently docked at Tripoli to unload Soviet tanks and armored cars that have been sold to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's army. The Soviets tried to make light of the move. "If you are going to 'expel' us from Egypt, we must...
RECOGNITION. In spite of having celebrated its 22nd birthday, Israel has never been formally recognized as a state by the Arabs. A peace treaty, in addition to establishing just and secure borders, would finally afford acknowledgment of this right to exist. Nasser last week indicated possible agreement...