Word: canalizes
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...week it focused on a deep uneasiness, even a distrust, between two close and intimate allies. The dispute involved an issue that Israel deemed vital to her security; the continued buildup of Soviet missilery in the 32-mile-wide cease-fire zone on the Egyptian side of the Suez Canal. For its part, the U.S. would have preferred to overlook the missile buildup in an effort to get the peace negotiations moving under the direction of U.N. Special Representative Gunnar Jarring. The Israelis, who say that the Soviets and Egyptians have used the cease-fire to improve their military situation...
...Premier Golda Meir over Israel's decision to begin negotiations. Senior Israeli Cabinet ministers reminded American visitors that Israel had accepted the cease-fire only after the U.S. gave its guarantee that no military buildup would be tolerated in the standstill zones on either side of the canal. The Israelis were also stung by the initial U.S. reluctance to accept the evidence of Israeli intelligence (TIME, Aug. 24). "Have we done all that we have done in the past three years, holding the canal and taking casualties, in order to be treated like half-wits?" demanded a member...
...return to New York to resume meetings with Jarring until the missile question was settled. Appearing on television, Dayan praised the Cabinet's decision, thereby indicating his intention of remaining in the government. At the same time, however, he raised the specter of resumed fighting around the Suez Canal. "Israel should not be a partner to an agreement that is constantly being violated by the other side," said Dayan. "If we can reach an agreement, fine. If not and we have to continue the war, we are capable of doing...
Rectify the Situation. Faced with Israel's determination, the U.S. finally admitted that cease-fire violations had taken place on the Egyptian side of the canal, and called upon the Egyptians and Russians to "rectify" the situation. On the basis of photos taken from the Samos satellite and U-2 planes, U.S. intelligence experts counted at least six batteries of six missiles each that had been moved into the truce zone after the cease-fire took effect. These weapons, along with twelve batteries of 72 missiles that were hastily shifted into the zone just before the truce took effect...
While Israeli Phantom fighter-bombers remain confined to the other side of the Suez Canal, the Soviets and Egyptians have installed a vast complex of radar-directed antiaircraft missiles and artillery behind the cease-fire zone. The actual count is not known, but American officers concede that the number of missiles is "in the hundreds, but less than 1,000." There is also evidence that some of the missile batteries are already being fortified with concrete revetments, rendering them less vulnerable to bombing attacks. Furthermore, in order to confuse Israeli intelligence analysts, Soviets and Egyptians have bulldozed scores of dummy...