The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

disputes. I have already said that much could be done if the Governments of the area would embark much more on direct contacts. ...

or Egypt? Did troops of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait and Algeria sur- round Israel in this menacing confrontation ...

the same day that the Israeli cabinet voted, in secret, to return two of the newly cap- tured territories—the Sinai Peninsula an ...

For the people of the Middle East, the path to hope does not lie in threats to end the life of any nation. Such threats have bec ...

There are some who have urged, as a single, simple solution, an immediate return to the situation as it was on June 4. As our di ...

first, the recognized right of national life; second, justice for the refugees; third, innocent maritime passage; fourth, limit ...

The chief product of the summit was a resolution that, on its face, appeared to voice only unrelenting opposition to Israel in a ...

the withdrawal of the aggressive Israeli forces from the Arab lands which have been occupied since the aggression of June 5. Thi ...

full peace between Israel and its neighbors. Diplomatic efforts to negotiate a compro- mise failed in the Security Council in Ju ...

Suez Canal, which Egypt had closed to all traffic during the 1967 war. Egypt and Israel both demurred, and the Nixon administrat ...

(c) For guaranteeing the territorial inviolability and political independence of every State in the area, through measures inclu ...

tive of surprise. Although Israeli intelligence services had gathered substantial infor- mation about Arab military capabilities ...

Israeli intelligence services and two key generals but did not assign blame to the polit- ical leadership. On the Arab side, pol ...

until Israel withdrew from occupied Arab territory. The next day, Saudi Arabia, the world’s foremost oil exporter, announced its ...

Zionism as Racism DOCUMENT IN CONTEXT Although the United Nations played a significant role in the creation of Israel through it ...

Following is the text of UN General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on Novem- ber 10, 1975. DOCUMENT UN General Assembly Resol ...

Non-Aligned Countries held at Lima from 25 to 30 August 1975, which most severely condemned Zionism as a threat to world peace a ...

against Israel in collusion with Syria. Although pleased with the Egyptian army’s per- formance in the early stages of that war, ...

ble of his own—inviting Begin and Sadat to Camp David to hammer out an agree- ment. Despite misgivings on both sides, the two le ...

Reza Pahlavi, who had been a strong U.S. ally and had supplied oil to Israel. The prospect of a greater role in Iran for Islamis ...