Word: eban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Defending Israel's position, Foreign Minister Abba Eban argued that his government has steadfastly indicated its readiness to negotiate without any conditions: it was the Arabs, he said, who were setting preconditions by insisting on territorial changes before peace terms could be negotiated. Critics of that stance maintained that the Israelis, by announcing in advance that they had no intention of returning all of the occupied territories, were setting preconditions themselves...
Israel's policy is based on what Eban describes as "tenacity." In Eban's view, tenacity worked to bring the Arabs to the Jarring talks. Unable to win back their territories by war, Egyptians and Jordanians finally decided to bargain for them through Jarring. Now tenacity is being used to make Cairo more flexible on the borders issue. If Israel holds out long enough. Eban argues, it may convince Sadat that Egypt will have to negotiate earnestly and finally relinquish territories like Sharm el Sheikh, which Israel intends to retain...
...December. One, headed by Premier Golda Meir with Military Intelligence Chief Aharon Yariv as day-to-day coordinator, is concerned with borders; it has pretty much formulated the lines that would provide maximum security after Israel withdraws from occupied territories (see box). A second, headed by Foreign Minister Abba Eban, is working on the mechanics of negotiations and has quietly dispatched West Bank Arab leaders for exploratory talks with Palestinian guerrillas. The other two committees are dealing with the questions of Jerusalem and refugees...
Three Religions. To further his fact-finding and get-acquainted goals, Muskie spent 90 minutes in a private discussion with Prime Minister Golda Meir, dined with Foreign Affairs Minister Abba Eban and spent more than an hour with former Premier David Ben-Gurion. With temperatures in the high 80s, Roman Catholic Muskie performed an ecumenical triple play: he took off his shoes to enter the Moslem Dome of the Rock, perched a yarmulke on his head at the Wailing Wall and talked with a Christian priest at the shrine of the Holy Sepulcher...
...What airline did you fly on?" Israeli Premier Golda Meir asked, by way of making small talk. "El Al," answered United Nations Mediator Gunnar Jarring as he met Mrs. Meir and Foreign Minister Abba Eban in Jerusalem. Mrs. Meir beamed proudly. "A safe airline," she said. "No hijacks...