terized the political evolution of Israel and its government. The Arab minorities have impacted the historical and political evolution of Israel and its various parties and minorities, particularly the Arab minorities, which is seen in both the citizenry as well as military government. It is only in relatively recent times that Israel had been acknowledged to be a player in the common market. Its participation has been only luke warm, while its geo-political influences are certainly world-wide, and in this age of a shrinking global marketplace, this is no small factor. Additionally, in recent times, we have seen an increase of what is referred to as the Arab intelligencia. The long-standing support it has enjoyed from the United States has been crucial to its survival, and this is seen with geo-political relations with the Middle East, Israel and the United States. Things did not particularly improve during the Bush administration. In fact, during his administration, relations between Washington and Jerusalem were strained. The Bush administration's decision to support two United Nations moves -- one condemning Israel's deportation of four Palestinians, the other backing an international peace conference on the Middle East -- cast things into the deep freeze. The administration was unhappy with Israel's failure to move ahead on the peace process and with shootings by Israeli soldiers in the occupied territories. In a meeting with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Secretary of State James Baker raised both issues, and according to transcripts, even suggested an alternative to shooting as being, "Couldn't you possibly use water canons?" Israeli officials see things differently. They believe the United States is moving away from its long-time ally in the region just to keep Arab states in the coalition against Iraq. This and other incidents raised critical issues, and these issues were further explored by U.S. and Israeli critical analysts. F...
