Word: arabization
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...Gurion and Israel, are miserable. I'm not a Jew, but I know something about the Jews and what they have suffered, especially during the Nazi period. How can anybody in full possession of his faculties blame the Israelis for defending themselves against new dictators like Nasser, feudal Arab sheiks and oil kings...
...this mean that the Eisenhower Doctrine would apply, assuming that Jordan's King Hussein requested help? The President cited two vital instruments that are applicable: 1) "The May 25th [1950] statement, which was an effort to promote peace in the area as between Israel and the surrounding Arab countries, in which the U.S. joined with Britain and France in saying we would come to the aid of the victims if either were attacked," and 2) "the Mideast resolution [i.e., Eisenhower Doctrine], which authorizes the U.S. to go to the aid of any nation which is attacked by Communist aggression...
...same time, the Arab Legion, the King's loyal and predominantly Bedouin army, began a roundup of Communists, left-wing leaders and extreme nationalists, in an attempt to snuff out the Red influence which has helped keep this nation in seething ferment...
Khalidi, a man inclined toward the West and backed by King Hussein, has been in office only a week. Leftists elements called a general strike for tomorrow, and small anti-Khalidi demonstrations broke out in the Arab section of Jerusalem and two other west Jordan cities, Jerico and Nablus...
...discussions, and as many as 1,000 spectators crowded into the priory on weekends. A visiting Catholic bishop sat on the floor and ate mutton from a common bowl with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Moslem scholar, listened with a Jewish dignitary while tribesmen beat out Arab rhythms on goatskin tam-tams. "We saw that people living together for three weeks were quickly becoming friends," said Father Martin. "We learned how freely a Moslem and Christian can discuss their faiths, without any compromise on either side." The sultan himself addressed seminar members at his palace in Rabat...