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...Middle East, convinced that his personalized, step-by-step approach to diplomacy will prove more fruitful than the reconvention of a multinational peace conference in Geneva. So far, Kissinger's accomplishments have borne out his beliefs. Warring armies have been pulled apart on the Sinai and the Golan Heights, United Nations peace keepers have been inserted, and some Israeli-occupied territory has been returned to Arab sovereignty...
...willingness to pull back their armed forces from the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes in the Sinai Peninsula and return the Abu Rudeis oilfields to Egypt. In exchange they want a declaration of nonbelligerency from Egypt-something that Sadat cannot give until there is an overall settlement, including the Golan Heights, the West Bank and recognition of the Palestinians...
...peace treaty in return for Israeli withdrawals, and believes the Rabin policy of piecemeal withdrawals in return for minor political concessions will only give the Arabs a greater military advantage in the event of another war. Likud is also more strongly against withdrawl in the West Bank or Golan Heights than is the Labor Alignment...
...think Egypt will give any political concessions," says Avidor. "Without a peace" treaty, why should we withdraw? Even then, I don't think we should withdraw from the Golan Heights or the West Bank...
...believes in the extension of Israel to its biblical borders, which include the West Bank. "Historically and religiously," he says, "the Land of Israel is one entity, However." He continues "I might be willing to compromise" on territories for a real peace. And certainly, in the Sinai and Golan Heights, it's more a question of security, the more real peace the Arabs want, the more territories we can return...