Word: golan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major "confrontation" countries, the issues of war and peace were the main topics. In Syria, the group members were driven directly from the airport across a rocky plain to the Golan Heights, where they inspected the scene of a pitched tank battle of the 1973 war. Two days later, when they crossed the Jordan River into Israel, their hosts ushered them into two huge air-force helicopters for an inspection tour of the Israeli side of the battle line and a detailed briefing by Raphael Eitan, the major general who heads the Israeli "Northern Command." Standing on a destroyed Soviet...
...Damascus, President Assad had broken off his dialogue with the Americans to send for a war map to make his point. Two nights later in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Rabin illustrated his opposing position with a map of the same territory. The balanced view of the Golan's strategic terrain provided an invaluable understanding for the group, but the emphasis put on the Heights by both sides underscored the ominous possibility that renewed fighting there might shatter the Middle East's fragile peace...
...Rabin: "We do not seek war, but if war is forced upon us, the Arabs will find a stronger Israel than they think they might find." Rabin rejected Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's call for an Israeli withdrawal within 90 days on three fronts-the Sinai desert, the Golan Heights and the West Bank of the Jordan River. Deadlines have "no validity whatsoever for Israel," the Premier said...
...recently indicated that unless there is progress in the next 90 days, you would return to Geneva. What would you like to see happen in the next 90 days? A. Well, I should like to see an Israeli pullback on the three fronts: Sinai, Golan Heights and the West Bank. After that, we shall be going to Geneva, but we shall be seeking a free atmosphere, not a tense one. No, we shall be at ease and we shall talk together...
Even if snags between Egypt and Israel can be worked out, however, Kissinger has still found no solution for the most serious obstacle to successful second-stage disengagement talks. The Sinai negotiations are inextricably tied to similar discussions over the Golan Heights. For the sake of Arab unity, Sadat cannot afford to get too far ahead of Syria, and the Israeli-Syria situation still seems hopelessly bogged down. Israel demands guarantees of border security, along with political recognition from Damascus, before it will hand back any more of the Golan Heights. Assad, so far, is unwilling to recognize Israel. Unless...