Egyptians struggle over how to help Gaza Dec 31, 2008
"Egypt is helping the wounded and sending supplies for the people," said Hishmat Abu Bakr, 63, who fought in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973. "But we'd prefer bigger help. We'd like to break the border and go die there with our brothers.". (International Herald Tribune)
Abu Ghazala, Egypt's ex-defense minister dies Sep 7, 2008
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Abdel-Halim Abu Ghazala, Egypt's former defense minister and a veteran of Arab Israeli wars once touted as a possible successor to President Hosni Mubarak, died late Saturday at 78. Egypt's Middle East News Agency reported that the former field marshal died at a Cairo military hospital from complications related to throat cancer. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Poetry sparks political storm Aug 10, 2008
Mr Darwish, who was banned from Israel for 26 years, writes of the pain of Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes in Arab-Israeli wars. Mr Sarid said he had decided that pupils should study the poet's works because "it is very important to know one another". (BBC News -- Africa)
London summit on Jewish refugees Jun 24, 2008
Some left because they were Zionists, others because of growing hostility towards them after the Arab-Israeli wars in 1948 and 1967, and there were also those who were encouraged to leave by the new Israeli state, our analyst adds. He says not all of them went to Israel - many went to France and America, where some of them still feel very passionately about the Arab cultures they grew up in. (BBC News -- Africa)
Israel at 60: celebrating successes, seeking peace May 9, 2008
The first of many Arab-Israeli wars had begun. Born into violence, these wars have left an indelible mark on the Israeli psyche, as well as on its image in the world. (Boston Globe)
Israel turns 60 May 7, 2008
On Tuesday evening, Peres led the nation in remembrance of its fallen in successive Arab-Israeli wars, lighting the flame of remembrance at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site. "The Jewish people returned here to struggle for its homeland and it is your sons who have put up the fight," the president said. (iAfrica.com)
Start Of Iraq War Remembered Mar 20, 2008
I had seen fighting before: the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli wars while growing up in Egypt, as a reporter covering Sudan's civil war in the 1980s. And in Kuwait. (CBS News -- World)
Neo-cons shaken, but not deterred Jan 29, 2008
Third, the movement's Trotskyist roots - incarnated by its "founding father, Max Shachtman - among the Jews from Central and Eastern Europe in the first half of the 20th century not only imbued its members with a distrust, even a hatred, of liberalism (despite their latter-day purported embrace of democracy promotion). They also largely shaped their polemical and political tactics, even as they moved rightward - into the Democratic Party after World War II and thence, after the traumas of the... (Asia Times Online)
Bush calls for end of Palestinian occupation Jan 11, 2008
4 million Palestinian refugees and their descendents scattered around the region since the 1948 and 1967 Arab-Israeli wars, Mr. Bush suggested that an independent Palestinian state would be the solution to that. "The agreement must establish Palestine as a homeland for the Palestinian people, just as Israel is a homeland for the Jewish people. These negotiations must ensure that Israel has secure, recognized and defensible borders. And they must ensure that the state of Palestine is viable,... (Globe and Mail)
Profile: Unlikely lad thrust into the limelight by fate Dec 31, 2007
He witnessed two Arab-Israeli wars and fought off a civil war in Jordan. He was always as vulnerable to attacks from his political enemies as he was from the military might of Israel. (Guardian Unlimited)
Syria comes in from the cold Nov 27, 2007
Negotiations before the summit toward creating a Palestinian state quickly ran into the same roadblocks that scuttled every previous peace effort -- namely, the borders of such a state, the future of Jerusalem and the "right of return" for millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendents who were driven from their homes by successive Arab-Israeli wars. Though optimists are few and scattered, an agreement of some sort between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization is possible, if... (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Non compus POTUS Nov 27, 2007
Fifty years of peace, Timmerman observes, included "five major Arab-Israeli wars, two Palestinian intifadas, the introduction of the suicide bomber as a preferred weapon of terrorist regimes, the 1979 revolution in Iran", and a long list of other violent events. Both sides are right, and both sides are wrong. (Asia Times Online)
Combat conductJeremy Bowen on what we should know about war crimes Nov 10, 2007
It lists, in alphabetical order, about every war crime you can think of, and also has case studies of some controversial theatres of war crime - like Cambodia, Congo, Colombia, Iraq, and the Arab-Israeli wars. It is illustrated with the work of some of the best photo journalists. (BBC News -- Africa)
Jordan jails royal critic over e-mails Oct 10, 2007
The 62-year old former police colonel and author of dozens of books on Jordan's tribal roots has long held strong views against the presence of Palestinians who settled in the kingdom after successive Arab-Israeli wars. Don't miss this on MSNBC.com. (MSNBC -- International)
Hitler dartboardHow board games helped Britain to fight the Nazis Aug 25, 2007
There are also games based on the Vietnam war, Korean war, Arab-Israeli wars, ancient battles between various civilisations, and the present "war on terror". Some games also use predicted future wars based on current political tensions. (BBC News -- Europe)
Three Brothers Die in Egypt's Landmine Blast Aug 13, 2007
The area near Ismailia and the Sinai Peninsula still have landmines from the Arab-Israeli wars of the last century. Egypt's Western Desert also contains mines, dating back to World War Two. (Planet Ark, United States)
Interrupting a History of Tolerance Part II Aug 3, 2007
In short, the growth of anti-Semitism in the Arab Muslim world, an unfamiliar ideology during much of Muslim history, can be traced to a number of causes: the imperialist challenge and the nationalist response; the rise, in a time of violent and painful change, of a new intolerance that exacerbated all hatreds and endangered all minorities; the rise of the Nazi ideology that elevated the extermination of the Jews and anti-Semitism to a national goal of the Nazi state; the Nazi success in... (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Al Qaeda spurs Gaza carnage to create Hamastan May 28, 2007
" It would certainly need much more than that to clear up the mess which is enfolding in this sizzling powder keg. But not all is yet lost. There are some solutions, which, if conducted under wise statesmanship, could still prevent at least, part of the looming danger. A key player should be Egypt. President Hosni Mubarak has expressed great concern over the increasing strength of Hamas Egypt did not accept Hamas in power, as it became elected last year, especially in light of its growing ties... (Defense Update)
Michael B. Oren Apr 26, 2007
The Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973 might have been averted. There would be no occupied territories, no intifadas or Hamas. (FrontPage Magazine)
Newsweek: More than 2 million Iraqis have fled Apr 12, 2007
Totaling well over 2 million10 percent of Iraq's population and the largest displacement of Arabs since the Palestinian-refugee crisis after the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948 through 1967it ranks alongside the great human dislocations of Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. Yet because it began as a flight to safety by wealthy Iraqis leaving on jet planesa tableau unworthy of media attention, more accustomed to the tents and straggling lines of traditional refugee crisesit has been all... (MSNBC -- International)
Billions for guns, and one won't kill Apr 9, 2007
Missiles may cost more, but their historical hit ratio -- in conflicts ranging from the Arab-Israeli wars to the Falklands war -- has been far higher. If a rail-gun-armed fleet ever comes up against one with missiles, bet on the latter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Palestinian refugees flee Baghdad Mar 18, 2007
Palestinian refugees came to Iraq when escaping Arab-Israeli wars in 1948 and 1967, according to Refugees International, a Washington-based refugee advocacy group. Saddam Hussein gave them preferential treatment as a sign of his support for Palestinian independence, the refugee organization said. (CNN -- International)
Jordanian urges U.S. Congress to seek Mideast peace Mar 8, 2007
Palestinians form a majority of the Jordanian population, many having come as refugees after the 1948 or 1967 Arab-Israeli wars. "Thirteen years ago," Abdullah said, "my father was here to talk about his hopes for peace." He added: "The next time a Jordanian, a Palestinian or an Israeli comes before you, let it be to say, 'Thank you for helping peace become a reality.' Help fulfill the aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace today.". (International Herald Tribune)
* Arabs to relaunch 2002 Arab-Israeli land-for-peace deal Mar 6, 2007
The 2002 plan calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state and full recognition of Israel in return for an Israeli withdrawal from all territory captured in the Arab-Israeli wars. A later version of the initiative states that Israel should return all Arab land and also allow Palestinian refugees to return. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Jordan's King Headed to United States Mar 3, 2007
The plan calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state and full recognition of Israel in return for an Israeli withdrawal from all territory captured in the Arab-Israeli wars. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees appeals for US$26 million to refurbish camp in Syria Feb 27, 2007
UNRWA provides education, health care and social services to more than 4 million refugees and their descendants who were deported or displaced during two Arab-Israeli wars. Syria houses approximately 430,000 Palestinians. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Israel May Have Violated Arms Pact, U.S. Officials Say Jan 28, 2007
The agreements said the munitions be used only against organized armies and clearly defined military targets under conditions similar to the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973, when Israel arguably faced threats to its survival, officials said. Since the end of last summer;s war, de-mining team have located 800 cluster-bomb strike areas, and they destroyed 95,000 bomblets, said Christopher Clark, program manager for the United Nations Mine Action Service in Lebanon. (The Ledger)
