Word: embargoing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unable to exact from Israel even a renewed promise to abide by the contractual restrictions on the offensive use of U.S. weapons. An original embargo of four F-16 jets had been ordered immediately following Israel's raid against Iraq on June 7, mainly out of concern that the attack would jeopardize U.S.-Arab relations. When Arab reaction proved to be less critical than expected, the only question for the Administration was when to end the embargo. Nonetheless, Washington hoped to gain some concessions from Israel in return for lifting it-perhaps even an end to Jerusalem...
...joint statement saying that "misunderstandings" about the raid had been "clarified." Then, just as the U.S. was about to release the F-16s anyway, the Israelis bombed Beirut. The shipment was held up once again and eventually 14 F-16s and two F-15s were included in the embargo. The hold lasted long enough to avoid embarrassing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who visited Washington in early August...
...situation." Ruling that there had been no Israeli violation would have provoked the Arabs. Finding the Israelis culpable, on the other hand, would have required drastic U.S. action against Jerusalem, a difficult option for the Administration. Moreover, it would have exacerbated a growing belief in Jerusalem that the embargo was more than a tap on the wrist, that the Reagan Administration, despite its constant protestations of friendship and support for Israel, is determined to open up the diplomatic process in the Middle East...
...inability to move the Israelis had a sobering impact on the Administration, the White House was still anxious to remove the embargo dispute before Begin arrives in Washington on Sept. 9 for his first visit with President Reagan. The intent is to focus those meetings on the prospects for a resumption of the long-stalled Israeli-Egyptian negotiations on Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza. The autonomy issue is also expected to be the main topic of discussion at this week's summit, the eleventh between Begin and Sadat, in Alexandria. Since they last met in early...
Despite President Ronald Reagan's lifting of the partial embargo on grain sales to the U.S.S.R. last April, the Soviet shortfall will be no windfall for U.S. farmers. Angry at Washington for having imposed the sales ban after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Moscow has bought only 1.5 million metric tons of the 6 million tons that the U.S. offered last June. Instead, the Soviets have contracted to purchase 47.5 million tons over the next five years from Argentina* and Canada...