May 07, 1965 (vol. 75, iss. 3) • Page Image 5
…FRIDAY, MaPlk Y' 7, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FXVX FRIDAY, MAY '7, 1965 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVi BEYOND NASSER: Arabs Learn Political Realism G r' For Direct Classified Ad Service…
…, Phone 764-0557 from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, and Saturday 10:00 'til 11:30 A.M. I *1 i By LEONARD PRATT MISIANPRESIDENT Habib Bourgiba accused United Arab Republic President Gamal…
… Abdel Nasser last Sunday of trying to "exercise an exclusive leadership of the Arab world in such a way as to appear uncontested master of its destinies, with all the ad- vantages that would bring." This…
… charge, which would have been unheard of any .other time in the last year and a half, pro- vides a convenient historical wat- ershed for observing the new " splits that are occurring in the Arab bloc: THE…
… style. Backed by Communist power,, Nasser set about to create a uni-; fled Arab state, the United Arab; Republic, with himself at its head.; He: got his wish in 1958, but his troubles were far from over…
…. It took Nasser another five years to finally whip the Arab bloc into some semblance of unity. This semblance appeared to be real- until some two weeks ago when the underlying diversities in what Nasser…
… had tried to paint as a unified Arab world made them- selves -felt. ALL THROUGH the struggle for Arab unity, the key Nasser rallying point has been Israel, and so it was quite unexpected that the real…
… signs of diversity would also appear over Israel. When West Germany recently in- dicated it would soon recognize Israel, Nasser rightfully saw a threat to his key argument for holding the Arab bloc…
… leadership of Egypt's President Nasser (above). tried to ask all Arab states to completely break with West Ger- many in reprisal for the recogni-1 tion. Such a break would mean com-1 plete economic disaster…
… for manyl of the Arab states. This is because most of them are "primary pro-l ducers," that is, they produce mostly raw materials in contrast to finished industrial goods. Be- cause of this, they do…
































