Arab League

The Arab League or League of Arab States (Arabic: جامعة الدول العربية), is an organization of Arab states - compare Arab world. It resembles the Organization of American States, the Council of Europe, or the former Organization for African Unity (now African Union), in that it has primarily political aims; however, its membership is based on culture rather than geographical location(which is the basis for membership of the other organizations cited above); one can regard each of these organiza ...

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• Arab League - Member Nations and Observers
• Arab League - Administration
• Arab League - Timeline
• Arab League - Arab League Summits
• Arab League - Organization
• Arab League - Footnotes

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The current members of the Arab League (and the date of their admission):  Egypt - March 22, 1945 (Founder) (suspended, 1979-1989)  Iraq - March 22, 1945 (Founder)  Jordan - March 22, 1945 (Founder) (entered when still using the name "Transjordan")  Lebanon - March 22, 1945 (Founder)  Saudi Arabia - March 22, 1945 (Founder)  Syria - March 22, 1945 (Founder)  Yemen - May 5, 1945 (Founder)  Libya - March 28, 19531 ...

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Arab League, Arab League - Member Nations and Observers, Arab League - Administration, Arab League - Timeline, Arab League - Arab League Summits, Arab League - Organization, Arab League - Footnotes

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The Arab world consists of twenty-three countries stretching from Western Sahara and Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east. They have a combined population of 300 million people and their combined economies surpass one trillion U.S. dollars annually. Arab world - Language politics and religion. The Arabic language forms a unifying feature of the Arab world: though different areas use local dialects of Arabic, all share in the use of the standard classical language. This contrasts with the situation in ...

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• Arab world - Language politics and religion
• Arab world - Non-Arab peoples in the Arab world
• Arab world - States
• Arab world - Geography
• Arab world - Historical boundaries

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The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large and heterogenous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. Arab - Who is an Arab?. The definition of who an Arab is has several aspects: Ethnic identity: someone who considers himself to be an Arab (regardless of racial or ethnic origin) and is recognized as such by others. Linguistic: someone whose first language is Arabic (including any of its varieties); this d ...

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• Arab - Who is an Arab?
• Arab - Religions
• Arab - History
• Arab - Traditional genealogy
• Arab - Etymology

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1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1945 - Events. January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference at Zonhoven describing his contribution to the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 - World War II: The Soviet Union begin a very large offensive in Eastern Europe against the Nazis. January 13 - A Soviet patrol arre ...

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• 1945 - Events
• 1945 - February
• 1945 - March
• 1945 - April
• 1945 - May
• 1945 - June
• 1945 - July
• 1945 - August
• 1945 - September
• 1945 - October
• 1945 - November
• 1945 - December
• 1945 - Unknown date
• 1945 - Ongoing events
• 1945 - Science and technology
• 1945 - Births
• 1945 - January
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• 1945 - June
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• 1945 - Deaths
• 1945 - January
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• 1945 - September
• 1945 - October
• 1945 - November
• 1945 - December
• 1945 - Nobel Prizes

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AL may refer to: The AL (automobile),a short-lived French automobile Alabama, a state in the southern United States (postal code) Albania, a country in southeastern Europe (2-letter ISO and obsolete NATO country code) Albinism, a genetic trait which brings absence of skin pigmentation or lack of vision. Almanor Railroad (AAR reporting mark AL) The American League in baseball Anno Lucis - "Year of Light", a Masonic calendar system counting years from 4000 B.C.E. ...

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• AL - People named Al

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The definition of who an Arab is has several aspects: Ethnic identity: someone who considers himself to be an Arab (regardless of racial or ethnic origin) and is recognized as such by others. Linguistic: someone whose first language is Arabic (including any of its varieties); this definition covers more than 200 million people. Arabic belongs to the Semitic family of languages. Genealogical: someone who can trace his or her ancestry back to the original inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula. Political: ...

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Arab, Arab - Who is an Arab?, Arab - Religions, Arab - History, Arab - Traditional genealogy, Arab - Etymology

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The Arab world stretches across more than eleven million square kilometers (four million square miles) of North Africa and the part of Western Asia called the Middle East. The Asian part of the Arab world (including Arabia proper) is called the Mashreq. Its total area is the size of the entire Spanish-speaking Western Hemisphere (also 11 million square kilometers), larger than Canada (10 million), China (9.6 million), the United States (also 9.6 million), Brazil (8.7 million), or Europe excluding Russia (5.6 mi ...

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Arab world, Arab world - Language politics and religion, Arab world - Non-Arab peoples in the Arab world, Arab world - States, Arab world - Geography, Arab world - Historical boundaries

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The Arab world stretches across more than eleven million square kilometers (four million square miles) of North Africa and the part of Western Asia called the Middle East. The Asian part of the Arab world (including Arabia proper) is called the Mashreq. Its total area is the size of the entire Spanish-speaking Western Hemisphere (also 11 million square kilometers), larger than Canada (10 million), China (9.6 million), the United States (also 9.6 million), Brazil (8.7 million), or Europe excluding Russia (5.6 mi ...

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Arab world, Arab world - Language politics and religion, Arab world - Non-Arab peoples in the Arab world, Arab world - States, Arab world - Modern Boundaries, Arab world - Geography, Arab world - Historical boundaries

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The 2003 Invasion of Iraq began on March 20, consisting primarily of United States and United Kingdom forces; 98% of the forces came from these two countries, although numerous other nations also participated. The 2003 Iraq invasion marked the beginning of what is commonly referred to as the Iraq War. Iraq's elite Republican Guard units were defeated April 2, and Baghdad fell on April 9th, 2003. On May 1, 2003, U.S. president George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations, terminating the Ba'ath Party's rule and removing I ...

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• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Political and diplomatic aspects
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Military aspects
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Prelude
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Rationale
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Weapons of mass destruction
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Sanctions
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Human Rights
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Libyan disarmament
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Purported links between the government of Iraq and terrorist organizations
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Legitimacy and legality
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Invasion legitimacy
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Countries supporting and opposing the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Legality of the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Opposition view of the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Opening attack
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Special Operations
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Fall of Baghdad April 2003
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Other areas
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Summary of the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Security looting and war damage
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - End of major combat operations May 2003
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Deaths
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Related propaganda and phrases
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Media coverage
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Veterans Organizations

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The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (DOP), were finalized in Oslo, Norway on August 20, 1993, and subsequently officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington D.C. on September 13, 1993, with Yasser Arafat signing for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Shimon Peres signing for the State of Israel. It was witnessed by Warren Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and Israel's Prime Minister Y ...

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• Oslo Accords - Background
• Oslo Accords - Principles of the Accords
• Oslo Accords - Annexes of the accords
• Oslo Accords - Agreed minutes of the accords
• Oslo Accords - The acceptance of the accords by the two peoples
• Oslo Accords - Subsequent negotiations
• Oslo Accords - Oslo 2
• Oslo Accords - Additional agreements
• Oslo Accords - Fate of the accords
• Oslo Accords - Loss of credibility
• Oslo Accords - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties
• Oslo Accords - Issues
• Oslo Accords - People

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The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. Sadat also said he wanted them to be called the Carter Accords. Camp David Accords 1978 - Background. Upon assuming office on January 20, 1977, President Carter moved to rejuvenate the Middle Eastern ...

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• Camp David Accords 1978 - Background
• Camp David Accords 1978 - The Sadat Peace Initiative
• Camp David Accords 1978 - The talks
• Camp David Accords 1978 - Terms of the agreements
• Camp David Accords 1978 - Consequences
• Camp David Accords 1978 - Related articles
• Camp David Accords 1978 - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

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The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים; transliterated: Milkhemet Yom HaKipurim or מלחמת יום כיפור Milkhemet Yom Kipur; Arabic: حرب أكتوبر; transliterated: Harb October or حرب تشرين transliterated: Harb Tishrin), also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 (the day of Yom Kippur) to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Egypt and Syria. The War began with a surprise joi ...

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• Yom Kippur War - Background
• Yom Kippur War - Causes
• Yom Kippur War - Events leading up to the War
• Yom Kippur War - Lead up to the surprise attack
• Yom Kippur War - Lack of an Israeli pre-emptive attack
• Yom Kippur War - The War
• Yom Kippur War - In the Sinai
• Yom Kippur War - On the Golan Heights
• Yom Kippur War - At sea
• Yom Kippur War - Participation by other Arab states
• Yom Kippur War - Armaments
• Yom Kippur War - The cease-fire and immediate aftermath
• Yom Kippur War - Egypt's trapped Third Army
• Yom Kippur War - Nuclear alert
• Yom Kippur War - Northern front de-escalation
• Yom Kippur War - Post-cease-fire negotiations
• Yom Kippur War - Long-term effects of the war
• Yom Kippur War - Fallout in Israel
• Yom Kippur War - Camp David Accords
• Yom Kippur War - Commemorations
• Yom Kippur War - Notes

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Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa Zionism · Timeline ·Aliyah · Herzl Balfour · Mandate · 1947 UN Plan Independence · Austerity · Ma'abarot Lavon Affair · Eichmann Trial 1948 War · 1949 Armistice · Suez War Six-Day War · Attrition War Yom Kippur War · Lebanon War Peace treaties with: Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan Timeline · Peace process · Peace camp 1st Intifada · ...

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• Agudat Israel - External link

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The 1991 Gulf War also known as Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations[1] mandated by the United Nations and led by the United States. The lead up to the war began with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, following Iraqi contentions that Kuwait was illegally "slant-drilling" oil across Iraq's border. The invasion was met with immediate economic sanc ...

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• Gulf War - Name
• Gulf War - Causes
• Gulf War - Pre-war Iraqi-American relations
• Gulf War - Invasion of Kuwait
• Gulf War - Diplomacy
• Gulf War - Air campaign
• Gulf War - Ground campaign
• Gulf War - The end of hostilities
• Gulf War - Coalition involvement
• Gulf War - Canada
• Gulf War - Casualties
• Gulf War - Casualties during the War
• Gulf War - The Post-War Effects of Depleted Uranium
• Gulf War - Cost
• Gulf War - Media
• Gulf War - Consequences
• Gulf War - Technology
• Gulf War - Films about the Gulf War
• Gulf War - Further reading
• Gulf War - Notes

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• Altalena Affair - Background
• Altalena Affair - Confrontation with the IDF
• Altalena Affair - Aftermath
• Altalena Affair - External link

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The Arab-Israeli conflict is a long-running conflict in the Middle East concerning self-determination of the Jews in the Land of Israel and, after the establishment of the state of Israel, its relations with the Arab states and the Palestinian population (see Israeli-Palestinian conflict.) Some uses of the term Middle East conflict refer to this matter, but the region has been host to other disputes and wars not directly ...

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• Arab-Israeli conflict - History
• Arab-Israeli conflict - Reasons for the conflict
• Arab-Israeli conflict - Israeli views
• Arab-Israeli conflict - Palestinian and other Arab views
• Arab-Israeli conflict - Mutual claims
• Arab-Israeli conflict - Peace and reconciliation
• Arab-Israeli conflict - Quotations
• Arab-Israeli conflict - Abbreviated timeline

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The League was established on March 22, 1945. When the League founding pact was signed in Cairo, Egypt, "[t]he Arab League states collectively put their weight behind the basic demands of Palestine's Arabs but arrogated to themselves the right to select who would represent the Palestinians in their councils, so long as their country was not independent." 1 (p.173) By the end of World War II, the Palestinian Arabs were left leaderless. The mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin ...

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• Arab League and the Arab-Israeli conflict - Before 1948
• Arab League and the Arab-Israeli conflict - 1948-1949
• Arab League and the Arab-Israeli conflict - 1949-1967
• Arab League and the Arab-Israeli conflict - 1967-2000
• Arab League and the Arab-Israeli conflict - After 2000
• Arab League and the Arab-Israeli conflict - Footnotes
• Arab League and the Arab-Israeli conflict - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

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• United Torah Judaism - Formation of the Party
• United Torah Judaism - 2004 Split
• United Torah Judaism - Hints of Reunification
• United Torah Judaism - Sources

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National Democratic Party" National Democratic Party Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat (محمد أنورالسادات in Arabic) (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and served as the third President of Egypt from September 28, 1970 until his assassination on October 6, 1981. He is considered one of the most important Egyptian and Arab leaders in the modern history. Anwar Sadat - Early life. Sadat was born in Mit Abu Al-Kum, Al-Minufiyah, Egypt, to a poor Egy ...

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• Anwar Sadat - Early life
• Anwar Sadat - During Nasser Presidency
• Anwar Sadat - Presidency
• Anwar Sadat - Assassination
• Anwar Sadat - Family
• Anwar Sadat - Writings and Media by Sadat and on him

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