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...past, the Israelis have insisted on Arab declarations of nonbelligerence, formal agreements on an end of the economic boycott, the opening of the Suez Canal (see following story) and the beginning of trade relations as the price of further Israeli withdrawal. For tactical reasons, Rabin has now set his sights much lower. He will not agree to give up the Abu Rudeis oilfields, which now provide Israel with 50% of its petroleum needs, or the Giddi and Mitla passes in the Sinai without substantial Egyptian concessions. But for a renewal of the terms of disengagement between Israel and Egypt...
...more planes and 330 more tanks than it had at the start of the October war. Two of the country's most distinguished retired generals-Israel Tal, its top armor strategist, and Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, the brilliant, sharp-tongued tactician who led his division across the Suez Canal in October 1973-have returned to semiactive status. Sharon reportedly has been given a command in the "northern sector," meaning the Golan Heights, where he presumably would direct any battles against the Syrians, who according to Israeli sources have violated the disengagement agreement by placing more tanks and heavy-artillery batteries...
...outskirts of the city of Suez stand twin six-foot portraits of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Saudi Arabia's King Faisal. The pictures symbolize Egyptian hopes that Arab oil money will finance the reconstruction of the war-ruined Suez Canal Zone and eventually convert it into a thriving agricultural and industrial region. One tangible result of this dream is "King Faisal City," a suburb of 3,000 housing units that is being built behind the portraits. Another is the announcement, expected imminently, that salvage operations in the canal, which has been closed since 1967, have been completed...
Since clearing of the canal began last February, more than 700,000 explosives, ranging in size from hand grenades to rockets and aerial bombs, have been disarmed by Egyptian, American, French and British divers. The task force, which is headed by U.S. Admiral Kent Carroll, has salvaged the wrecks often large ships and more than 100 small boats and barges along the 101-mile waterway. Though the clearing operation is all but complete, the canal will not be reopened for commercial shipping until next March. Whether or not ships will be able to use the canal, however, depends in large...
...dramatic as the clearing of the canal has been the restoration of the main cities that line it. Since the 1967 war, Port Said, Ismailia and Suez had been part of the Arab-Israeli battleground, and most residents had fled for safety to such cities as Cairo and Alexandria. After the Israeli pullback from Suez last March, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gave priority to a $7.2 billion renovation plan for the Canal Zone -in part to create a visible symbol of Egypt's desire for peace...