Word: arabization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...developments have maintained the status due and preserved comparative peace in the Middle East during this year. The first is the inability of the United Nations to enforce its resolution on Jerusalem; the other is the breakdown of Arab unity...
...December 9, 1949, the UN's General Assembly passed a resolution favoring the internationalization of Jerusalem. Both Israel and Jordan strongly objected to the resolution, but it was passed by a combination of the other Arab countries and the Latin American bloe. The Trusteeship Council was to draw up a plan for carrying out the resolution...
Israel and Jordan have meanwhile refused to work with the Trusteeship Council in any way. Both countries have indicated they intend to keep their hold on Jerusalem. Israel has moved most of its government offices there, declaring the city the nation's historic capital. Jordan's annexation of Arab Palestine, including the Arab sector of Jerusalem, greatly strengthened Abdulla's hold on the city. The best the Trusteeship Council can now do is to report back to the General Assembly and let that body take another slab at the problem...
...Arab League Unity...
Meanwhile, the Arab League has been unable to unite the Arab world in a great crusade to crush Israel, as it threatened to do. The League did not like the peace seetlement that ended the war in Palestine. It promised to avenge its defeats, and asked its members to invoke economic sanctions against all countries which recognized the new state of Israel. But the League could not unify its members in peace any more than it could unify its armies during...