Word: anwar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Today even some Arabs will admit that the Israelis have been fairer than the Arabs would have been had the roles been reversed. Still, that is little consolation to a people who are convinced that Israel has no intention of ever giving up the occupied lands. Says Anwar Nusseibeh, a former Jordanian Defense Minister: "We are occupied by a foreign power whose purpose it is to gather in as many Jews as possible. In the scheme of things today, there is no place for Arabs...
...missile with a range of 26 miles, the Hawk can hunt down hostile bombers in the skies above Israel but has little offensive capability. But the sudden reversal of U.S. policy spurred the Arab press to frenzy. "Americans urinate on their own principles!" screamed Beirut's Al Anwar. The Egyptian Gazette, drawing a parallel between the Middle East and the Caribbean, cried that "Israel is a greater menace to Arab countries than Cuba will ever be to the U.S." Cairo's semi-official Al Akhabar took a more sophisticated line in charging that the Hawk deal was aimed...
...promised to hold free elections soon, and said that he would form a "Cabinet of National Unity" that would include all factions but the Nasserites and the Communists. Predictably, Beirut's pro-Nasser Al-anwar scorned the new government as A FARCE THAT CANNOT CONTINUE...