December 06, 1973 (vol. 84, iss. 75) • Page Image 3
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… of Smithsonian Magazine. FIGHTING CONTINUES: batte for Kien Due Arab countries use energy crisis in identifying friends, BEIRUT, (A) - An old Arab saying goes: "The friend of my enemy is my enemy…
… and the ene- my of my enemy is my friend." Many nations have suddenly learned the meaning of it - through the energy crisis. The Arabs have already iden- tified their enemies, beside Is- rael. The…
… oil boycott was extended to South Africa, Rhodesia and Portugal on the grounds that their white regimes are to black Africa what Israel is to the Arabs. So far this year about 20 black African states…
… have brok- en relations with Israel to sup- port the Arab cause, and in re- turn they asked the Arabs to strike a blow for their cause. THE ARABS are still trying to decide who their friends are. To spur…
… the selection process, they have cut oil production 25 per cent with the promise of fu- ture 5 per cent monthly cut- backs until Israel withdraws from occupied Arab territory and the Middle East…
… Arabs' biggest oil customers, were hardest hit. European Common Market countries, excluding the Neth- erlands, won a reprieve from the S per cent December cutback af- ter they issued a joint statement…
… calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab land and re- cognition of the "legitimate rights of the Palestinian people." Japan, Singapore and the Philippines followed suit and were likewise rewarded…
… by the Arabs. BUT THERE is still next year. Yamani, now in the United States, has said that Saudi Ara- bia will extend the exemption to Britain, France and Spain through January. Other coun- tries…
…, especially Japan, will have to do more to prove their friend- ship, tightening the economic blockade around Israel. Saudi Arabia has taken the lead in Arab oil policy. But so far there is only partial agree…