The Blood of Abraham

Insights into the Middle East

Jimmy Carter

• Verlag: University of Arkansas Press
• Jahr: 2007
• ISBN:
  9781610750752
• Thema: Politics & International Relations
• Thema: Politics

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.

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, 4–6, 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, 149–50

Allenby Bridge, 25, 114, 115, 126

Allon, Yigal, 37

Ambiguity: Egyptians’ call for, 163; and negotiation, 185

Amman, and Carter visit, 109

Arab conferences. See Conferences, Arab

Arabia (Roman province), 124

Arabian Peninsula: and Assad’s support for Iran, 81; history of, 168–69; 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, 163–64; free expression lacking in, 31; ineffectiveness of, 3; Israel boycotted by, 69; Israel’s emergence misperceived by, 151; Saudis’ funding of, 175; in U.S. objectives, 55. See also specific nations and leaders

Arabs: Christian, 30, 87–88, 104, 115; vs. Iranians, 76

Arabs, Palestinian. See Palestinians

Arafat, Yasir, 105; and Assad, 68–69, 80, 98, 99; Beirut withdrawal by, 2, 95; death of, 205, 208; in Egyptians’ views, 163–64; and 1996 election, 206; goals of, 118; and house arrest, 208; Hussein on, 133; and 1982 invasion of Lebanon, 94–95, 102; and Israeli leaders, 206; and Nobel Peace Prize, 206; and Mubarak, 122, 163–64; and 1983 peace talks, 112, 137–38, 138–39; as PLO leader, 105, 121; and Rabat conference, 12; and Reagan statement, 78; in Sharon’s viewpoint, 52; and Syria, 76, 160–61. See also PLO

Aretas III (King of the Nabataeans), 124

Arms. See Weapons

Ashkenazim, 39

Assad, Hafez al-, 62, 64, 66, 69–70, 82; and Arafat, 68–69, 80, 98, 99; Carter talks with, 13, 62, 64, 65–66, 67–70, 73–78; death of, 205; and Egypt, 65, 81, 160–61; and future prospects, 185; and Israel, 11, 67–68, 70, 74, 75–76, 78, 99, 100–01; and Jordan, 64, 65, 81, 129; Lebanes...