Word: egyptians
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...wanted major pullbacks of Israeli forces in the Sinai, which would allow Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal. Israel was willing to withdraw from the strategic Giddi and Mitla passes in the Sinai (see map page 14) and also from the Abu Rudeis oilfields, which have been pumping Egyptian oil for Israel since they were captured in the 1967 Six-Day War. In return, however...
This Sadat refused to give, for two reasons: 1) a declaration of nonbelligerency would mean a formal end to hostilities between the two countries at a time when Israel still occupied large areas of Egyptian territory, a politically unacceptable concession; 2) any declaration of nonbelligerency would split Egypt off from its Arab allies, and Sadat had publicly committed himself to the proposition that there can be no formal peace with Israel unless a settlement is also made with the Syrians and the Palestinians...
Indeed moderation - flavored with firmness - was the keynote of Sadat's special address to Egypt's People's Assembly last weekend. "Some may expect an emotional reaction from me [to the breakdown of the Kissinger efforts] but I prefer action to reaction," declared the Egyptian leader. Thus, despite fears that Cairo would not renew the mandate for the U.N.'s peace-keeping forces in the Sinai, which expires on April 24, Sadat said he would agree to a three-month extension because "I do not want to place a sudden crisis before the international community...
What can effectively take the place of the shuttle now is unclear. Israeli officials last week suggested a revival of proximity talks similar to those held in Secretary of State William Rogers' day. Egyptian and Israeli ambassadors, or even foreign ministers, might resume negotiations in Washington with State Department officials serving as middlemen. Far likelier is a resumption of the suspended peace talks in Geneva. That is the aim of the Soviets, who have not interfered with Kissinger's step-by-step talks as long as they did not rule out a later Geneva meeting in which Moscow...
...EGYPTIAN MOTIVES. I think they consider only two options in dealing with Israel: 1) military or 2) to flirt with the U.S. to achieve the same ends [Israeli withdrawal without Egyptian political concessions]. As long as their basic philosophy is that these are the two options open to them-and they don't have to deal directly with the Israelis to reach a compromise-I doubt if we will really move toward peace...