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From the preliminary accounts they received last week, Israeli diplomats indicated Sadat had sounded flexible enough to make feasible another attempt at negotiations. They were disturbed, however, by his insistence in Salzburg and again at the canal ceremonies that Sinai negotiations be linked to talks with Syria about the Golan Heights. Jerusalem has steadfastly resisted such a linkage on the ground that it would complicate a difficult negotiating process. Rabin in Washington, moreover, is likely to face new pressures for Israel to surrender the Abu Rudeis oilfields and the Sinai passes in return for an extended second-stage agreement. This...
Spreading Moderation. The spirit of moderation in the Middle East seems to be spreading. Syria, in a surprise move, recently extended for six months the mandate of another U.N. peace force on the Golan Heights. Some observers saw the move as part of a Damascus plan to shift troops from the Golan to the Iraqi border because of a continuing dispute between Syria and Iraq over the sharing of Euphrates River water. Last week Syria unexpectedly deferred that confrontation by promising to release more Euphrates water for Iraq from behind the new, slowly filling Tabqa Dam. Syrian President Hafez Assad...
...victory in a war which they did not start served as a prelude to further Kissinger involvement in the area. Since the end of the war, he has, through the use of techniques know as the "step-by-step approach," or "shuttle diplomacy," achieved one military disengagement in the Golan Heights. Israeli troop withdrawals in the Sinai, and generally created the impression that the situation in the Mideast has significantly improved. However, Kissinger has yet to convince the Arabs to deal with Israel on a political rather than military level, and his last attempt at bringing about a third withdrawal...
...East has seemed to be nearing the flashpoint for yet another war. For one thing, the failure of Henry Kissinger's round of shuttle diplomacy in March left a dangerous diplomatic vacuum. Even more dangerous, time was running out for the United Nations peace-keeping forces on the Golan Heights and in Sinai. When the U.N.'s six-month mandate in Sinai expired in April, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat agreed to extend it only until July 24. With a similar mandate for the U.N. Golan force due to expire this week, Syrian President Hafez Assad...
Elsewhere, however, the situation remained cool. Unexpectedly, Assad decided to give the 1,200-man U.N. Disengagement Observer Force on the Golan Heights a full six-month extension. Discussing this surprising move, an Egyptian diplomat suggested that the Syrian ruler "had to renew for six months because he had no Suez Canal to reopen." He was referring to the fact that Sadat, while limiting the U.N. mission in Sinai to three more months to keep pressure on for peace talks, had also decided to reopen the canal next week to emphasize his desire for a settlement. Thus, Assad...