Word: eban
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Israel still hopes to change Rogers' mind. After all, Israeli officials in Jerusalem say, there is really very little to discuss. Secretary Rogers in recent months has heard Israel's position explained and expounded by every ranking Cabinet member, including eloquent, British-educated Foreign Minister Abba Eban and Premier Golda Meir, who sounds in English like the no-nonsense Milwaukee schoolteacher she used to be. 'The Secretary knows our position well," said an Israeli official last week. "It has been explained to him in Cambridge English, broken English and just plain English...
...Israel has long been unhappy over the Jarring talks, complaining that Jarring has become more a participant than an overseer. "We've ended up negotiating with Jarring and not with the Egyptians," complained an Israeli official last week. Israel would like Jarring to contract what Foreign Minister Abba Eban described as "diplomatic amnesia," whereby he would forget everything that has happened so far in the talks and start new, direct negotiations between Israel and Egypt...
...GOVERNMENT RATES: Israelis are high Ott their political leaders. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan is most lauded, with 95% rating him anywhere from "excellent" to "pretty good." Dayan even outpolled Mrs. Meir, whose rating was 91%. Abba Eban received 78% among Israelis (and 75% among Arabs who approve of his relative dovishness and the fact that he makes radio broadcasts in perfect Arabic). Opposition Leader Menahem Begin received a 66% rating. Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek and Deputy Premier Yigal Allon each received 65%; Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir...
Jarring's calculated inactivity may be in vain. As far as he is concerned, Israel must make the next move by indicating its willingness to withdraw from occupied territories. Israel has no intention of withdrawing behind any frontiers that it does not consider safe. When Foreign Minister Abba Eban visited Washington two weeks ago, in fact, he told 40 Senators that alternative proposals suggested by Secretary of State William Rogers, including an international peace-keeping force, were not adequate substitutes for secure borders...
Psychological Warfare. Eban's unusual appearance fueled the growing U.S.-Israeli dispute over the peace talks. It also persuaded Rogers to visit Capitol Hill himself for a rare rebuttal. No fewer than 67 Senators appeared for the meeting, the first such session since 1950. Rogers spent 90 minutes explaining that: 1) the U.S., although it favors the return of all but insubstantial pieces of captured Arab territory, has no intention of pressuring Israel to withdraw from occupied lands before peace terms are mutually agreeable; and 2) the Middle East nations will have final approval on the makeup and disposition...