Word: arabize
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...this subject to change? Absolutely. Oil may be the Arab world's daily bread, but it's also its only weapon - if, say, Arafat is killed or Israel goes too far in its incursions into Palestinian territories, popular sentiment in the already-shaky local regimes could force Arab governments to put up a show of defiance to calm their constituencies. And even the threat of an embargo could push up global prices, just as the more immediate threat of a war-related supply disruption is doing so now. And it might even have the desired effect - just as Sept...
...Tuesday for a rerun of that 70s embargo - and Iran's helpful tips on how it might work - put a scare into Wall Street with the specter of $50-a-barrel oil prices throttling the global economic recovery in its swaddling clothes. But by Wednesday the rest of the Arab world was quietly making it known that they're not about to let a policy disagreement get in the way of a good buck...
...these prices," Qatar Oil Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah told his official news agency. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal pointed out to the French paper Le Monde that oil and gas revenues - which account for some two-thirds of the typical Gulf state's budget - are "what Arab nations need most for their development," adding diplomatically that such revenues were also the best way for Arab nations to bolster their defenses against the rampaging Israelis...
...Arab leaders will barter away their brethren in Iraq if doing so means salvation for the Palestinians. Once the Bush administration figures this out, it will do what it promised it never would—become actively engaged with Israelis and Palestinians. Soon, a new U.S. peace initiative will fall from the sky, and Israelis and Palestinians will magically return to the negotiating table. And the suffering of innocent Israelis and innocent Palestinians will become the suffering of innocent Iraqis...
...campaign that sidelines Arafat and his authority and deepens the radicalization of the Palestinian population and the whole Arab world against Israel suggests the current pattern of conflict - terror attacks inside Israel; heavy Israeli retaliation in the West Bank and Gaza - could be locked in for a long time to come. The primary building block of what Sharon calls the "infrastructure of terror" is the fact that an overwhelming majority of ordinary Palestinians believe violence is the only way to end Israel's occupation. And as long as there is an endless supply of people willing to die, all they...