Word: egyptians
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...attack Israel for refusing to give in to absurd new Egyptian proposals that fly directly in the face of the Camp David agreements [Dec. 25]. But if Taiwan can be abruptly dumped by the U.S. after a friendly relationship that has flourished for almost 30 years, is it any surprise that Israel is hesitant to accept Sadat's two-faced assurances of good intent after 30 years of war? Jeffrey Lipsitz Toronto...
...Carter Administration, its own record revealed at least the appearance of confusion and paralysis. The Administration was so preoccupied with the Egyptian-Israeli negotiations that it practically forgot about Iran. Then the White House brought in an outsider, former Under Secretary of State George Ball, to do a crash study. Ball was appalled at the confusion. Even as Brzezinski was urging wholehearted support for the Shah, the President told reporters, "I don't know, I hope so," when asked if he thought the Shah could survive. U.S. dependents in Iran were told to stay there; then they were advised...
That controversy goes to the heart of the Egyptian-Israeli dilemma. Three other key issues remain unsettled: Egypt's proposal for a review of security arrangements between the two countries after five years, the timing of the exchange of ambassadors and whether the treaty would supersede Cairo's other commitments to the extent that it would prevent Egypt from going to the aid of another Arab country attacked by Israel. Presumably these issues can be resolved in time...
...there were some jokes. It is not an ailment an individual elects to advertise unless, like Carter, he must in order to cancel a day's schedule without giving the stock market a heart attack. There was also a great deal of sympathy, tacit and expressed. Wrote one Egyptian: "May Allah cure you. This illness should have been inflicted on an unjust leader rather than you, O Carter...
Begin said he, like Egyptian President Anwar Sadar, was ready to sign a peace treaty, but "there are problems." He would not elaborate about the nature of the problems...