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...while the Arabs were ecstatic over Carter. An Egyptian official called him "more Arab than the Ar abs," while Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yasser Arafat last month praised the President's position on the Palestinians as "a positive step...
Arab League Secretary-General Mahmoud Riad called last week's battle "a setback to Arab solidarity." He beseeched both sides to stop fighting, since a war between the neighbors would only benefit the enemy, Israel. Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat shuttled between Cairo and Tripoli to soothe tempers. If it comes to a full-scale war, Egypt's army outnumbers Libya's by about 11 to 1 and is much better trained. But Cairo must worry about 200,000 Egyptians who live and work in Libya to bolster that country's infant economy. They would become hostages...
...sense, it could be argued that Begin's visit ended the first phase of Carter's Middle East peace offensive. He has now met, and easily charmed, all the key leaders on both sides-except, of course, P.L.O. Leader Yasser Arafat. Now the President must run the risk of souring some of those good relations by applying pressure to win a compromise. The Arab leaders clearly expect the U.S. to nudge its client, Israel, to the bargaining table and make what Cairo and Damascus regard as a reasonable peace settlement. If Carter cannot fulfill those expectations, the result...
When Syrian forces began attacking Palestinian troops and their Muslim leftist allies during the Lebanon civil war, a worried Yasser Arafat flew to Saudi Arabia seeking help. To the dismay of the Palestine Liberation Organization leader, the Riyadh government refused to intervene with Damascus. But as a kind of consolation prize, Crown Prince Fahd expansively wrote Arafat a check for $5 million...
...much for peace. If the world thinks Yasser Arafat and the P.L.O. have a dubious history, the background of Menachem Begin will make Arafat look benevolent...