Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...main reasons the Israelis fought so hard to conquer the barren Negeb in the Palestinian war was that they were sure they could find oil there...
...sides together: the familiar rhythm in these flare-ups is violence met with violence and followed by quiet. But this time the rhythm was broken. Small groups of Arab raiders carried the fight deep into Israel. Known as Al Fedayeen (Self-Sacrificers), the sneaker-shod guerrillas are recruited from Palestinian Arab refu gees, and are thus adventurers without a country who know Israel's landscape because it was once their own. Most of them are followers of the former Mufti of Jerusalem, who used to recruit men to fight both the British and the Jews. The Mufti has been...
...TIME said, "In the past three weeks, 173 Palestinian Arabs have been quietly deported-121 of them Aramco employees-and U.S. oilmen cannot get an official explanation...
...name. Despite the fact that he was a senior member of Aramco's Arab staff, earning the phenomenal Arab salary of $150 a week, and considered himself a pal of the local police chief, the translator was bundled off to jail. Three days later, he and 36 other Palestinian Arabs were deported to Beirut without a hearing...
...past three weeks, 173 Palestinian Arabs have been quietly deported from Saudi Arabia - 121 of them Aramco employees - and U.S. oilmen cannot get an official explanation. The unofficial explanation is that King Saud is taking capricious revenge on Hashimites (a rival Arab dynasty that gets on reasonably well with Palestinians). Hashimite Iraq recently signed a defense treaty with NATO partner Turkey, thereby splitting up the neutral Arab bloc for the first time. King Saud, one of 40 sons of the late great Lion of the Desert Ibn Saud, has not yet proven himself as lionhearted as his father, and reportedly...