1.   Along with every other Arab state he officially opposed the partition, but the others knew his intention was the opposite.

2.   But the Arab states unanimously refused to negotiate.

3.   However, the Arab states also wished to escape the political impact of the refugee presence upon their own internal stability.

4.   Ready for action A big question Mark hangs over the wisdom of visiting any Arab state at present, writes Mike Harper.

5.   The Arab states allocate a higher percentage of their gross domestic product to military expenditures than do the Western countries.

6.   The defeated Arab states, fearful of being picked off one by one, insisted on indirect and collective negotiations.

7.   There is an urgent need for Arab states to boost their income.

8.   Today the parliaments of the Arab states seem to take themselves for the caliphal palaces of yesteryear.

9.   Membership was declared to be open to all Arab states.