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1. Amal, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1979
...A Shiite Muslim political and paramilitary organization founded in Lebanon by Imam Musa Sadr in 1975. Also attrib. or as ...
2. Baath, n. View full entry 1955
...Used attrib. and occas. absol. (with the) to designate a pan-Arab socialist party founded by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and other intellectuals in Syria in...
3. divan, n. View full entry 1586
...An Oriental council of state; spec. in Turkey, the privy council of the Porte, presided over by the Sultan, or in his absence by the grand vizier....
4. Fatah, n. View full entry 1966
...A Palestinian political organization, founded in Cairo in 1957 by Yasir Arafat (19292004) and fellow Palestinians, which defined its goal as the liberation of Palestine by armed...
5. Hadassah, n. View full entry 1913
...An American Zionist women's organization, founded in 1912, which contributes to welfare work in Israel....
6. Haganah, n. View full entry 1923
...A group of Jewish settlers in Palestine who, as an underground defence force, played a leading part in the creation of the state of Israel in 1948....
7. Hattic, adj. and n. View full entry 1924
...Of or pertaining to the Hatti or their language, formerly regarded as conterminous with the Hittites, now as a section of them....
8. Hezbollah, n. View full entry 1960
...The name of an extreme Shiite Muslim group, esp. in the Lebanon (see quot. 1986)....
9. Irgun, n. View full entry 1946
...Name of a militant right-wing Zionist organization....
10. jirga, n. View full entry 1843
...An assembly or council of the headmen of Pathan or Baluchi tribes....
11. Khilafat, n. View full entry 1921
...The spiritual headship of Islam, residing in the person of the Turkish Sultan; used attrib. to designate the Muslim anti-British movement in India after the treaty of Sèvres in ...
12. Knesset, n. View full entry 1949
...The parliament of the State of Israel. Also attrib....
13. Likud, n. View full entry 1973
...A nationalist coalition party in the State of Israel, formed in 1973 to oppose Labour monopoly government....
14. Mahdi, n. View full entry 1626
...In Muslim belief: the restorer of religion and justice who will rule before the end of the world; a claimant of this title (freq. the Mahdi), esp. Muhammad...
15. majlis, n. View full entry 1686
...In any of various Middle Eastern or North African countries: an assembly for discussion, a council; spec. the national parliament, esp. in Iran. Also: a reception room....
16. Mapai, n. View full entry 1941
...A left-wing political party in the state of Israel (formerly the British mandated territory of Palestine), formed in 1930 and becoming the major partner of the Israel Labour Party founded...
17. Mapam, n. View full entry 1948
...An extreme left-wing political party in the state of Israel, formed in 1948....
18. Meretz, n. View full entry 1992
...In the state of Israel: a centre-left political party, formed by coalition of the Mapam, Shinui, and Ratz parties....
19. Muslim, n. and adj. View full entry 1615
...A follower of the religion of Islam....
20. Poale Zion, n. View full entry 1912
...A predominantly left-wing Zionist labour movement which first emerged in Russia around the turn of the 20th cent.; any of various left-wing Zionist organizations associated with this movement....
