Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With world attention riveted on rising Arab-Israeli tensions, TIME has steadily increased its reporting of the people and events in the center of the conflict. Our coverage has included interviews with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Syrian President Hafez Assad and two talks with Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat, along with a cover story on the P.L.O. In these and other articles we told the Arab side of the tragic story. This week our cover focuses on embattled Israel. We present an interview with Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, an account of the arms lineup stocked by both sides since...
...demanding a return to Geneva now, Assad is at odds with his principal partner in the October war, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Like the Israelis, Sadat is still committed to seeking a settlement through the Kissinger technique of phased negotiations. To all appearances, Egypt is not nearly as well prepared for a renewal of fighting as is Syria, since it has received relatively little new military equipment from the So^ viet Union since the end of the war/ Moreover, Sadat is allowing civilians to return to the cities along the Suez Canal that were turned into ghost towns...
...Kissinger principle that progress toward a settlement can be made in bilateral negotiations but maintains that there can be no full-scale peace settlement between Egypt and Israel until Israel has also reached agreements with the other Arab combatants. "One party could act more quickly than others," explained an Egyptian official last week, "but it is necessary that there should be progress on all fronts." The sticking point is that "all fronts" includes the West Bank, and this would now require direct negotiations between Israel and the P.L.O...
...fragile peace does exist on the Syrian and Egyptian fronts, but the threat of war is ever present, a war which Israel simply cannot afford, in terms of lives, money, or morale. In addition, a spiralling inflation rate, presently 42 percent, a poor balance of payments deficit of roughly $3.5 billion, and dwindling foreign donations (due to a world recession) have plunged the country into an economic depression. And to increase discontent, sever and unpopular austerity measures have been imposed...
...According to Scripture, the Commandments were handed to Moses on Mount Sinai, which is in Egyptian territory that has been occupied by Israel since...