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...important factor, however, was the timing. Premier Golda Meir of Israel, Rogers noted, had informed the Knesset in Jerusalem that her government accepted the principles of the U.N. resolution. Foreign Minister Abba Eban hinted that Israel would be willing to make surprising concessions once negotiations began. Even hawkish Defense Minister Moshe Dayan allowed that "we are ready to give up a great deal for peace, and that includes territories." Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, meanwhile, had pointedly emphasized in a May Day speech that "we have not closed the door completely with the U.S." During a recent television interview, moreover...
Sophie Portnoy. No wonder. Of Israel's icy but adroit Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Sylvie wrote: "He is old, rare wine in a plastic bottle. He dances the minuet in an age of rock. He knows all the steps, but his partners step on his toes and kick his shins." Of Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir: "If a creature from outer space met him, it would run in fear." But her sharpest arrows are saved for the Premier herself. In a column called "Madame Kingdom," she compared Mrs. Golda Meir to the reincarnation of the three furies rolled into...
Missiles at Aswan. Hoping to persuade Washington on that point, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban flew to the U.S. last week to renew a request for 25 Phantom jets and 100 Skyhawks. Premier Golda Meir requested the planes during her Washington visit last September, but President Nixon deferred action two months ago because, he said, Israel already had air superiority without them. Seeking to reverse that decision, Eban noted that as many as 250 Soviet pilots are flying late model MIG-21s in Egypt, and that the Russians have emplaced 25 advanced SAM missiles around the Aswan High...
...those reasons, Eban got a mixed reception in Washington. The Pentagon is convinced that the Soviet threat in Egypt is real, and is anxious to provide Israel with additional jets. The State Department, worried about the low estate of the U.S. in oil-rich Arab lands, is skeptical. In a 90-minute visit with Secretary of State Rogers, Eban was unable to overcome that feeling. As a result of this division, the White House will likely delay its decision for weeks or months. Though Nixon did see Eban for 50 minutes, it was mostly to help the Israelis save face...
...meetings with Sisco, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban reiterated his government's feeling that it is time for the Arabs to make a gesture toward peace. In a similar vein, Eban told TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin shortly before Sisco's visit: "We can't go on playing chess by making all the moves. We have made all the moves...