Word: yasser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...double tragedy drove Sadat to redoubled rage. At the military funeral for the slain 15, he lashed away furiously at both the Palestinian liberation movement and Cyprus. Yasser Arafat's followers, he said, were "little people and idiots." Sadat announced a break in diplomatic relations with Cyprus' Greek government and dismissed President Spyros Kyprianou as "a dwarf (the Egyptian is 5 ft. 9 in., while the Cypriot is 5 ft. 4 in.). "Cyprus should explain to me," said a Sadat close to tears, "the treachery that was committed against my sons...
Well, almost. No mention was made of a Palestinian state, and Carter avoided using the term self-determination, which Israelis fear would inevitably lead to the formation of a Soviet-supported state headed by Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat. But Carter spoke of the "legitimate rights of the Palestinian people," including the right "to participate in the determination of their own future"-and that was good enough for Sadat. Said one elated Egyptian official: "Our press already is interpreting Carter's statement as self-determination. The Israelis probably will interpret it differently. But if we can agree...
...Egyptian character is asserting itself against the larger, Pan-Arab idea. Over and over Egyptian army officers repeat: "No more Egyptian blood will be shed for the Palestinians." That does not mean that Sadat intends to sell out the Palestinians. But he may be willing to ignore Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization if he works out what he feels is a fair solution to the Palestinian problem, and the P.L.O. refuses to accept...
...What kind of peace? And at what cost to whom? Arab unity has been shattered. Despite the ferocious anti-Sadat rhetoric of the rejectionists, it is they who are isolated, not Egypt, so long as moderate Arabs back the quest for peace. For the moment, the influence of Yasser Arafat and his Palestine Liberation Organization is on the wane. In trying to cope with the conflicting demands of his constituency, Arafat declined to seize the moment, refused to join in the peace process. Jimmy Carter all but read the P.L.O. out of a settlement when he denounced it as "completely...
...Israel destroyed. " So declared one of the most intransigent of Palestinian leaders, Dr. George Habash, in an interview last week with TIME Correspondent Dean Brelis. Habash is head of the Marxist, pro-Moscow Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; it is the second largest commando group (after Yasser Arafat's Al-Fatah) and has been responsible for some of the most notorious Palestinian terrorist acts. The P.F.L.P. leader talked with Brelis in a well-guarded room at Tripoli's Beach Hotel shortly before the anti-Sadat summit ended. Excerpts...