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...Soviet shipments are a sign of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's frustration over the stalemated negotiations between his country and Israel. They also increase the worry on all sides that time is running out for Middle East diplomacy and that fighting between Egypt and Israel may break out again. The Egyptians have been on record for eight weeks as going along with Swedish Mediator Gunnar Jarring's effort to extract commitments by both sides (basically Egypt would recognize Israel and agree to a binding peace; Israel would commit itself to withdrawal from all occupied territory). Jerusalem...
...search for a Middle East peace formula intensifies, Israel is coming under increasing attack from friends as well as foes. The complaint: Jerusalem is too rigid and hawkish. Last week, for example, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat proposed that Israeli troops pull back from the Suez Canal; Egyptian troops would occupy the canal's east bank, and Cairo would reinstitute a formal ceasefire. The suggestion was greeted suspiciously by Israel, which is adamant against Egyptian troops crossing the canal under such terms...
...longer they fail to do anything, the greater the chances for a renewal of fighting along the Suez Canal. As it is, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and his lieutenants, in what may be a psychological-warfare gambit designed to pry concessions out of the Israelis, are warning that their military leaders are growing ever more restive. As part of the same gambit, Sadat disclosed last week that rich new oil discoveries in the western desert will help finance Egypt's armed strength henceforth. At the same time, the Egyptians sought to give the impression that Russian military...
...third time since the Middle East's guns fell silent seven months ago, a formal cease-fire between Egypt and Israel ran out. The two sides are still far from a formal peace, but they are growing used to an absence of war. Thus, when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat went before television cameras at Cairo's Kubbeh Republican Palace at the beginning of the week, he was expected to rule out a formal extension of the ceasefire, but to make it plain that for the time being at least, there would be no renewal of fighting either...
...broke off formal relations with Washington during the Six-Day War. But Bergus' contacts with top Egyptian officials have been so frequent and so cozy in recent months that the only remaining step would be formal renewal of relations. One reason for the new atmosphere is Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's impressive flexibility and reasonableness in dealing with Israel...