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...fact than the Israelis have ever before indicated they might be willing to give up. It would hand back to Egypt more than two-thirds of the Sinai peninsula (see map), restoring the 1949 Israeli-Egyptian armistice line along much of the northern border. Israel would keep the Gaza Strip and a large share of the mountainous southern Sinai, in a triangle bordering the Gulf of Aqaba from Elath to Sharm el Sheikh. At least as the Israelis envisioned it, the Egyptian portion of the Sinai would be demilitarized. As of last week, the Israelis had not decided what legal...
...behind its façade of unity, Israel's Cabinet is sharply divided on just what terms to offer. At issue is the question of the territories-Egypt's Sinai and Gaza Strip, Jordan's West Bank and the Arab quarter of Jerusalem, Syria's Golan Heights-that Israel has occupied since the 1967 war. Israel has so far refused to budge from those territories on the grounds that it needs secure borders against the Arabs. But what happens when that threat is removed? Three factions in the Israeli Cabinet suggest different solutions...
...permanence. The Israelis are building colonies-or, as their critics might say, an empire. On a three-day anniversary trip of his own, TIME Correspondent Martin Levin covered the 1,349 miles of border from the Mediterranean cliffs of Rosh Hanikra on the Lebanese side to the citrus-scented Gaza Strip. His report...
...Israel is our stepmother." One complaint appears to be that the Israelis are trying to collect taxes. "We never paid the Syrians, and we won't pay the Israelis," a Druze shopkeeper said indignantly. Yet Arabs are quietly making their own accommodations; they have little choice. In the Gaza Strip, where production of citrus fruit has doubled since 1967, Arab growers have begun to take five-year loans from Israeli banks to finance the additional packinghouses they need...
...statement which not only does not serve the interests of peace but is liable to spur on the extremist elements [in the Arab world] whose aim is war against Israel." Predictably, Mrs. Meir was totally opposed to Hussein's suggestion that Israel surrender part of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip to enlarge his nation. "He crowns himself king of Jerusalem," she said scornfully, "and envisions himself as ruler of larger territories than were under his control prior to the rout of June 1967." Nonetheless she conceded that "the truth of the matter is that this plan affects Israel...