Word: allonal
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...Israeli-Egyptian confrontation in the Sinai, the easiest problem to untangle. In Jerusalem and Cairo, Kissinger offered no solutions but solicited from both sides a general idea of their minimum and maximum concessions. Thus there was no need for formal positions, policy clarifications or what Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon at one point referred to as "new miracles" from the Middle East's proclaimed miracle worker...
...Rabin, a political novice who heads a fragile coalition government, is just as vulnerable to pressures as Sadat. Moreover, Kissinger can no longer work out a deal privately with one Israeli leader, as he could with former Premier Golda Meir. Now he must satisfy a triumvirate consisting of Rabin, Allon and Defense Minister Shimon Peres...
...Israelis seem to think that time is on their side and that they will benefit from the fact that the tempo of negotiations is bound to slow down as Washington heads toward an election year. "God is on the side of the patient. Impatience is a sin," said Allon last week, quoting an Arab saying, not least of all because of the possibility that a pro-Israeli Democratic candidate like Senator Henry Jackson...
...Cairo, Egyptian leaders who in December had damned Israeli proposals for further disengagement in Sinai were having kinder thoughts in January. They surmised that Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon had initially put together an unacceptable package in order to mollify Israeli hawks and were now ready for serious bargaining. "The time is ripe for continued diplomatic efforts to bring peace to the area," said Egyptian Information Minister Ahmad Kamal Abul-Magd. "Cairo is keeping all bridges open...
...also Cairo this week. In advance of his trip, the Saudi state radio announced a $756 million contract with the U.S. in which the King will buy 60 U.S. jets. The deal presumably would reinforce U.S.-Saudi relations, which are essential for peacemaking in the area. Israeli Foreign Minister Allon flew off once more to the U.S., ostensibly to raise funds for Israel, but mainly to check with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger about ways to turn all this hopeful talk into specific action...