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Despite the hassling over last-minute details, many of which still remain to be worked out by Israeli and Egyptian delegates in Geneva under General Siilasvuo's supervision during the next two weeks, there were no real surprises in the final accord. The general principles had been more or less accepted by both sides before Kissinger undertook his shuttle (TIME cover, Aug. 25). The Israelis agreed to move their troops out of the Mitla and Giddi passes in Sinai and also turn back to Egypt the Abu Rudeis oilfields captured during the Six-Day War. Egypt agreed in writing...
...Smiles. The two delegations studiously ignored each other, staring blankly into space or at Siilasvuo. Eventually, he passed out the giant blue folders containing the nine articles of accord and accompanying maps for a second-stage disengagement agreement between Israeli and Egyptian forces in Sinai. Without comment, representatives of each side−Major General Taha Maghdoub for the Egyptians and Ambassador-designate to Paris and longtime Prime Ministerial Adviser Mordechai Gazit for the Israelis−signed. After Siilasvuo signed on behalf of the U.N., he asked, "The ceremony is over. Are there any points to be raised?" The delegates shook...
...Israel's part, the accord means yielding several thousand square miles of the barren but strategic Sinai Desert, won during the 1967 war. On Egypt's part, it means virtual acceptance of a state of peaceful coexistence with Israel, 27 years and four wars after the founding of the Jewish nation. Says Egyptian Presidential Press Spokesman Tahsin Bashir: "If this process continues, relations between the Arabs and Israel will never be the same again...
...basic Christian case against homosexuality is also founded on the concept of a natural order. Says German Theologian Helmut Thielicke: Homosexuality is in every case not in accord with the order of creation. Many theologians still
...When would the armies actually change positions? Egypt wants six months to carry out the accord, but Israel is asking for nine months. At best, the shifts would probably not be completed until early next spring...