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Almost everywhere in the Middle East there was euphoria and rejoicing as the cease-fire held and negotiations on details proceeded. On the Golan Heights, United Nations troops from Canada, Poland, Austria and Peru moved in to begin keeping peace as Syrian and Israeli forces started pulling back from the cease-fire line. Syrians cheered as Israeli units prepared to pull out of Quneitra, only to discover the retreating troops were leveling the remaining buildings hi the bombed-out city to hamper reoccupation. The speedy pace of the withdrawal had been set in Geneva, where Syrian and Israeli officers completed...
Silent Guns. The words of Kissinger's remarkable disengagement deal between Israel and Syria were quickly translated into heartening action last week. On the Golan Heights, where 1,200 artillery duels have been waged since the end of the October war, the big guns fell silent. According to a Syrian military communique, "all fighting stopped at 2:15 p.m." (Damascus time) ?exactly half an hour after the ceremony in Geneva ended. Israel reported that one of its soldiers had been killed in the final round of shooting and two others injured...
...travail. Explained one high government official last week: "Here is a country that has been isolated from the rest of the world. On top of the political aggravations it faced was its psychological withdrawal into itself. Its physical relationship to Israel made the drawing of a line through the Golan Heights?on the other side of which were Israeli settlements?a tremendously difficult experience. Every step along the way was very tough. Time and time again the Syrians had to go through the process of resisting what was needed to get an agreement and then facing the consequences...
Even as guns fell silent on the Golan Heights, hostile political shelling within Israel threatened to cut short the life of its budding new government. Factional bitterness and personal acrimony over the choice of Premier-designate Yitzhak Rabin's new 19-member coalition Cabinet have clouded prospects for his long-term success. A thin majority of the 120-member Knesset (Parliament) will probably approve Rabin this week as the country's fifth and youngest (52) Premier.* Nonetheless, many observers believe that new elections, perhaps later this year, must come if Rabin is to secure the mandate he needs...
Ignored Fact. After Ma'alot, Israelis took these threats seriously, and patrols were increased. Near the Golan, Israeli soldiers flushed eight guerrillas and killed six of them in a running gun battle. The survivors said they belonged to the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which was responsible for the Ma'alot raid. They were bound for Kibbutz Ein Gev and Kibbutz Haon by the Sea of Galilee to carry out similar raids in order to free fedayeen prisoners in Israel. In Jerusalem, three Arabs were arrested and accused of setting Katyusha (after the Russian affectionate...