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Arab-Israeli Wars
Arab-Israeli Wars conflicts in 1948-49, 1956, 1967, 1973-74, and 1982 between Israel and the Arab states. Tensions between Israel and the Arabs have been complicated and heightened by the political, strategic, and economic interests in the area of the great powers. The 1948-49 War Although... Read more |
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Ramla
RAMLA Also called Er Ramleh; a town in Israel 12 miles southeast of Tel Aviv. Ramla was founded in 717 c.e. to replace nearby Lydda as the region's capital under the Arab caliphate. It soon outstripped its neighbor in size and prosperity, thriving on trade and industry, particularly soap... Read more |
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League of Arab States
LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES this foremost pan-arab organization provides the institutional expression for the aspiration of arab unity. The League of Arab States, also known as the Arab League, is composed of twenty-two independent Arab states that have signed the Pact of the League of Arab... Read more |
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), coordinating council for Palestinian organizations, founded (1964) by Egypt and the Arab League and initially controlled by Egypt. Composed of various guerrilla groups and political factions, the PLO is dominated by Al Fatah, the largest group, whose leader,... Read more |
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Abu Musa
Abu Musa Abu Musa (born about ca. 1930) left the Jordanian army in 1970 to join the Palestine Liberation Army (PLO). In 1983 he emerged as a leader of the hardline PLO opposition to Yasser Arafat. Abu Musa was born Said Musa Maragha in the West Bank area of what was then Palestine in the... Read more |
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Arab League
Arab League popular name for the League of Arab States, formed in 1945 in an attempt to give political expression to the Arab nations. The original charter members were Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan (now Jordan), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. A representative of Palestinian Arabs,... Read more |
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Palestinian Arabs
Palestinians ETHNONYM: Filastinyoun Orientation Identification. Palestinians inhabit an area east of the Mediterranean Sea and south of Lebanon. The Jordan River, Lakes Huleh and Tiberias, and the Dead Sea separate Palestine from Jordan. Palestinian territory stretches as far south as... Read more |
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London Conference
LONDON (ROUNDTABLE) CONFERENCE (1939) Conference convened at St. James's Palace (London) to consider the future of Palestine. In late 1938, as fears of a European war loomed, Britain sought ways of pacifying growing Arab displeasure over her pro-Zionist policy in Palestine. On 7 November... Read more |
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Hussein I
Hussein I , 1935-99, king of Jordan; educated in England at Harrow and Sandhurst. He ascended the throne (1953) after his grandfather Abdullah I had been killed (1951) by a Palestinian extremist and after his father was declared (1952) mentally unfit to serve as king. The target of more than a... Read more |
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Hamas
Hamas [Arab., = zeal], Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement, a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist organization that was founded in 1987 during the Intifada ; it seeks to establish an Islamic state in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip (the former mandate of ... Read more |
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The harder Israel celebrates, the harder it will fall: Israel's most...
...celebration. Arab Americans...destroyed by Israel in 1948...did it. Israel is a grown...go to the Palestinian people...extravaganzas which only serve to...wronged. Israel celebrates while the Palestinians ... |
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Analysis: Arab Summit to Reaffirm Support for Palestinians, Heal
...support for the Palestinian Intifada...against Israel, but were divided over...support the Palestinians. During...to force Israel to stop violence...Jordan, the only two Arab...League's ... |
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AS ISRAEL MARKS ITS 50TH, IT SHOULD TRY TO RECONCILE WITH THE PALESTINIANS
...and other Arabs. Both sides...the war. Israel calls it...Independence. Palestinians call it...700,000 Palestinian Christians...Many of them were refugees...the war, Israel destroyed 418 Arab ... |
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ISRAEL: Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens...
...Citizens of Israel, by Dan...story of Israel's Palestinian Arab minority...Palestinian Arabs and Jews...relations in Israel is that the...years. It is only a ... |
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Arabs playing politics; Palestinians suffering
...05-2010 Arabs playing politics; Palestinians sufferingByline...EditorialSeveral Arab countries...talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority...countries that were civilized...aware that Arab ... |
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Opportunities and challenges of integrated education in conflict-ridden...
...state, Israel is a product...development of Arab nationalism...declared Israel's independence...Palestinian Arabs, was the...Zionist and Arab nationalist...In 1977, Israel and ... |
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Following Sharon's re-election, U.S. must demand justice for Palestinians
...occupation of Palestinian lands, that...and that Israel should cease...treatment of Palestinians and other Arabs. The Palestinians suffer daily...Harper's Magazine...soldiers were killing ... |
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Respect and justice is lost on Zionist Israel.(News)
...by Zionist Israel in Gaza is Israel's New Year...Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims...Zionist Israel in desperation...international justice as an illegitimate...owned by Arab ... |
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Arabs considering fresh push for Israeli-Palestinian peace
...would signal Arab flexibility...borders between Israel and a future...but allows Israel to decide...Jordan _ the only two Arab...peace with Israel _ welcomed...former Israeli Justice Minister...George ... |
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MIDDLE EAST: HARSH RHETORIC AS PALESTINIAN FEAR OF NETANYAHU GROWS
...Israel and Arab states begun...Abdel Shafi, Palestinian Justice MinisterFreih...also urged Palestinians and Arab...to fulfill Israel's obligations...relations between Israel ... |
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