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Freed Slaves. Many observers suspect that this new ship of state may go swiftly on the rocks, but few of them are in the Arab world. Twelve members of oil-rich Kuwait's 50-man legislature formally requested unity with the U.A.R. Even Nasser's traditional enemies, the monarchies of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, made efforts at reconciliation. Jordan's King Hussein discreetly let 56 Nasserite and Baathist political prisoners out of jail and sent off friendly feelers to Nasser. In Saudi Arabia, alarmed by a pro-Nasser demonstration that cost 19 lives, Premier Prince Feisal tried...
...build the bridge. "One Hollywood joker," says Spiegel, "said that 'If you like Palm Springs, you'll love Lawrence,' but the point is that Lawrence was great largely because it was obviously not made in Palm Springs." To ease the tensions inherent in making Lawrence in Arab Jordan, Spiegel, who is Jewish, bearded the country's ambassador to Washington. "I explained the aim of the picture, and the King got me a visa right away. We became quite good friends, the King and I," says Spiegel. "He visited me on the set and on the yacht...
With these strong words Moshe Aumann, director of the department of research and publications in Israel's New York consulate, last night summarized his government's reasons for refusing to allow Palestine Arab refugees to return to the homes they fled during the Arab-Israeli...
...root of the problem," he contended, "is the absence of peace between Israel and the Arabs. Peace must come before we can find a lasting solution to the refugee problem." He repeated Israel's offer to negotiate all problems, including the refugees, with the Arab states, but said that Israel will make no more major conciliatory gestures on the refugee question because the Arab states have spurned conciliatory moves Israel made previously...
...sizeable group of Arab students in the audience objected vehemently to Aumann's account of the refugee's problem. One Egyptian student described the Israeli position this way: "You kick me out of my house, and then you ask me to negotiate...