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...what some Israeli officials referred to as a "diplomatic pre-emptive strike," Sadat announced that despite Kissinger's failure, Egypt would reopen the Suez Canal to foreign shipping on June 5, the eighth anniversary of its closing during the 1967 war. Sadat's declaration drew a cool response from the Israelis. "It means nothing to Israel," snapped Premier Yitzhak Rabin, since the Egyptian leader declared that Israeli cargoes could not be transported, even in ships of neutral nations, through the reopened waterway...
Breathing Space. At the same time as he announced that the canal would be reopened-in fact, Egyptian naval vessels have been sailing through the Suez for several weeks-Sadat agreed to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Sinai at least until July, a shorter extension than Washington had hoped for, but enough to give U.S. diplomats a little breathing space. Among other things, Sadat's maneuver 1) put pressure on the Syrians to renew their own U.N. mandate on the Golan Heights, which expires May 30; 2) strengthened his support in Western Europe...
Arms Aid. Meanwhile, the Israelis are waiting, with barely concealed nervousness, the outcome of a well-publicized U.S. review of its Middle East policy. The Israelis are exceedingly annoyed at the credit that Sadat is getting for his foreign policy initiatives, pointing out that the reopening of the Suez Canal was something he secretly promised at the time of the first disengagement talks more than a year ago. "Sadat is selling the same merchandise twice," declared a government spokesman in Jerusalem. As for their potential troubles with the U.S., Israeli officials seem to be pinning their hopes...
...REOPENING of the canal is more than simply a gesture of good will on Sadat's part. As the United States realizes, the greatest beneficiary of an open canal from an economic standpoint will be the Soviet Union, and Sadat is signalling Kissinger in less than subtle fashion that Egypt may re-activate its recently dormant alliance with the Soviet Union at any moment, if American policy is not satisfactory to him. With Soviet ships passing through the canal, the chances of the USSR supplying Sadat with the arms he has requested but not received are good. The Soviet Union...
...since it keeps all the keys in his pocket. The resumption of the Geneva talks, which appear to be the next step, make the Soviet Union a central factor in any settlement. So, as Sadat threatens Kissinger with a new alliance with the Soviets, via the opening of the canal, Kissinger attempts to shift the blame for the failure of the Sinai talks on the Israelis, even though the sacrifices asked of them were beyond reason...