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The Blood of Abraham
Insights into the Middle East
Jimmy Carter
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The Blood of Abraham
Insights into the Middle East
Jimmy Carter
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In The Blood of Abraham, originally published in 1985 with updates to the afterword in 1993 and 2007, President Carter explains his understanding of the Middle East and seeks to provide an enlightening and reconciling vision for greater peace in the region.
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INDEX
Abbas, Mahmoud (Abu Mazen, President of the Palestinian National Authority), 205; and PLO, 208; call for peace talks by, 211
Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (King of Saudi Arabia), 168
Abdullah (King of Saudi Arabia), 205; as crown prince, 166
Abdullah ibn-Hussein (King of Jordan), 34, 122
Abraham, 4ā6, 8; and Damascus, 60; in Egypt, 6, 149; and Middle East, 4
Afghanistan: and Saudi Arabia, 166; Soviet invasion of, 17, 174, 175; Soviet treaty with, 17
Alawite religious sect, and Assad, 81
Alexander the Great, and Egypt, 149ā50
Allenby Bridge, 25, 114, 115, 126
Allon, Yigal, 37
Ambiguity: Egyptiansā call for, 163; and negotiation, 185
Amman, and Carter visit, 109
Arab conferences. See Conferences, Arab
Arabia (Roman province), 124
Arabian Peninsula: and Assadās support for Iran, 81; history of, 168ā69; oil reserves in, 4
Arab-Israeli wars. See Wars between Israel and Arabs
Arab League, 150; and Sadat, 153; and Saudi peace plan, 207; and Syrian intervention in Lebanon, 91
Arab nations: domestic issues important in, 181; Egypt boycotted by, 157, 163ā64; free expression lacking in, 31; ineffectiveness of, 3; Israel boycotted by, 69; Israelās emergence misperceived by, 151; Saudisā funding of, 175; in U.S. objectives, 55. See also specific nations and leaders
Arabs: Christian, 30, 87ā88, 104, 115; vs. Iranians, 76
Arabs, Palestinian. See Palestinians
Arafat, Yasir, 105; and Assad, 68ā69, 80, 98, 99; Beirut withdrawal by, 2, 95; death of, 205, 208; in Egyptiansā views, 163ā64; and 1996 election, 206; goals of, 118; and house arrest, 208; Hussein on, 133; and 1982 invasion of Lebanon, 94ā95, 102; and Israeli leaders, 206; and Nobel Peace Prize, 206; and Mubarak, 122, 163ā64; and 1983 peace talks, 112, 137ā38, 138ā39; as PLO leader, 105, 121; and Rabat conference, 12; and Reagan statement, 78; in Sharonās viewpoint, 52; and Syria, 76, 160ā61. See also PLO
Aretas III (King of the Nabataeans), 124
Arms. See Weapons
Ashkenazim, 39
Assad, Hafez al-, 62, 64, 66, 69ā70, 82; and Arafat, 68ā69, 80, 98, 99; Carter talks with, 13, 62, 64, 65ā66, 67ā70, 73ā78; death of, 205; and Egypt, 65, 81, 160ā61; and future prospects, 185; and Israel, 11, 67ā68, 70, 74, 75ā76, 78, 99, 100ā01; and Jordan, 64, 65, 81, 129; Lebanes...