Word: eban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Easter Sunday, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban summoned French Ambassador Francis Huré from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to present him with what Eban called "documentary evidence" that 18 of the 70 Mirages that France has so far delivered to Libya had been flown to Egypt. Eban said later that he had supplied the French with the number of the planes, the dates of their transfer, their present location, as well as proof that ground installations for controlling the Mirages in flight have been put up at the Egyptian airbase at Almaza, east of Cairo...
Angry Retort. A few hectic hours later, the Quai d'Orsay dismissed the charge, insisting that Eban had failed to furnish "any document or any proof." The Israelis angrily retorted that Eban had given Hure "exact, precise, detailed and well-founded information," and awaited a formal reply. At week's end the French had yet to make any further comment...
...ABBA EBAN, Foreign Minister...
Leading doves in the Cabinet, such as Finance and Commerce Minister Pinhas Sapir and Foreign Affairs Minister Abba Eban, are opposed to land purchases on the ground that they would make a peace agreement that much harder to obtain. Dayan maintains that "facts must be created in the territories," since the Arab states show no inclination to come to terms. Other leaders are urging a compromise - permitting land purchases, but only under army supervision...
...privately, Golda Meir, 74, has long insisted that she does not want another term as Premier of Israel. Her decision to name her principal political adviser, Simcha Dinitz, as Ambassador to Washington underscored that insistence. Dinitz's appointment last November, which was opposed by Foreign Minister Abba Eban, was seen as an end-of-term gift to a loyal aide...