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...week's end, however, there was at least a faint ray of hope. A new truce -arranged by President Hafez Assad of Syria, Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat and Lebanese Premier Rashid Karami-seemed to be making some headway. In parts of Beirut, Christians and Moslems tore down barricades and gun emplacements and were aided by army bulldozers. But elsewhere in the capital, the combatants continued exchanging gunfire. The week's senseless violence had taken 100 lives, raising the death toll since April to more than 2,500, and had devastated even more of Beirut, turning...
Though some congressional critics think the aid total too high, particularly for Israel, the opposition Kissinger faces is mild compared with the criticism that Egypt's Sadat is getting from his supposed Arab friends. Syria's President Hafez Assad called the agreement "a serious attempt to fragment and weaken the Arab front." George Habash, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was more vitriolic. Habash, who is boycotting the Palestine Liberation Organization because he considers the P.L.O. too moderate, predicted that the Arab masses would soon "turn Sadat and his agreement into an irrelevant moment...
Expiring Mandate. Some sort of new negotiations between Jerusalem and Damascus seem unavoidable nonetheless. The mandate for United Nations peace-keeping forces on the Golan expires Nov. 30, and if their stay is not extended, the possibility of hostilities will increase sharply. Assad, who is clearly keeping a negotiating door open, has indicated that he will not accept a limited Israeli withdrawal. Although he is anxious for an agreement, Assad obviously is taking a hard line to prevent Arab radicals from accusing him of appeasement. Rabin says that while Israel is willing to move back considerably from its present Golan...
...further negotiations over the future of the Golan Heights and Jerusalem. Jordan's King Hussein was in a frosty mood, principally because Congress has drastically chopped his request for $350 million worth of antiaircraft weaponry, including 14 batteries of Hawk missiles. In Damascus, Syria's President Hafez Assad was courteous but stiff; later Assad's Baath Party called the Sinai agreement "strange and disgraceful," and Assad pointedly refused to receive Egyptian Vice President Husny Mobarak when he appeared to explain the Egyptian view. In Israel, as she made a rare political appearance to vote for ratification...
...rapport between Israel and the U.S. He met for five hours with Israeli leaders and then flew to Alexandria for talks with Egyptian leaders at President Anwar Sadat's summer residence overlooking the Mediterranean. Then Kissinger was off to Damascus to reassure Syria's President Hafez Assad that his claims were not being ignored. More intensive discussions with the Israelis and Egyptians are scheduled for this week...