Word: statehooder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eban said that "denial of Israel's statehood falls within the distinct line-age of anti-Semitism... Those who raise the cry of nationalism and parochialism do so only when the nationalism is Israeli...
...whole international controversy of our age, there's no other example of a nation's statehood not being axiomatic," he said. "Israel's existence as a nation has to be proclaimed as an inexorable reality...
...would be unjust to ignore the growth and diversification of the economy and the improvements in literacy and health care which have taken place in the past years-although these have not helped all segments of society equally. Many people-and perhaps a majority of Puerto Ricans-suggest statehood as a solution for the island's ills. As a state, Puerto Rico would gain true representation in Congress and increased control over its own affairs...
...marchers on October 30 wanted not statehood but complete independence from the United States. They sensed that a vote or two in Congress will not do away with the army bases, will not prevent their men from being sent to wars waged by a people with different ideals than theirs, will not allow them full self-determination...
...revolution without a plan." More precisely, it was a revolution to rid the Arab world of foreign domination?a job that was bound to involve tragic excesses. Former U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Raymond Hare has characterized it as "a revulsion rather than a revolution." Convinced that Israel's statehood represented part of the domination that he detested, Nasser felt compelled to waste Egyptian resources in military conflicts with the new nation. At home, he became a dictator who jailed his political opponents and spied on outsiders...