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Most of the Middle East was bathed in sunshine, but high atop snowy Mount Hermon north of the Golan Heights an ominous battle between Israelis and Syrians raged day afterday. For the past six weeks Syrian guns have off and on bombarded Israeli installations in a concerted effort to convince Israel that it must return captured Syrian territory. But last week the diplomatic cannonading turned into a full-scale battle. Syrian commandos attempted to overrun Israeli positions held since the October war and were beaten back. Aircraft were called in on both sides for the first dogfights since last fall...
...with all the vigor that marked his earlier Middle East success in establishing disengagement between Israel and Egypt. Building toward future peace talks in Geneva, Kissinger in Washington had already discussed the dimensions of disengagement with Dayan, who brought him Israel's concept of limited withdrawal from the Golan. Kissinger had also talked with Syria's General Hikmat Chahabi, whose outline understandably called for a greater Israeli withdrawal. But Kissinger obviously thought there was enough agreement between the two that aides talked about a Kissinger shuttle on the 45-minute flight between Tel Aviv and Damascus similar...
Spartan State. Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy will have to take into account not only Cairo's increasingly independent role, but also the continuing unsettled political situation in Israel. Even while they watched the Golan Heights last week and alerted reservists to defend it, Israel's political leaders were busy trying to agree on a successor to Premier Golda Meir, who resigned two weeks ago. Labor Party leaders had a choice of selecting someone else, if the right supporting coalition could be found, or of asking Golda to continue with a caretaker government. In either case...
...Shall Overcome." Meanwhile, there was a groundswell of sympathy for Elazar, who has been something of a war hero ever since he took the Golan Heights in a mere 15 hours in the 1967 war. The Yugoslav-born general, 48, signed off all calls to his home with: "Thanks for calling, I shall overcome." One offer he was reportedly considering was the managing directorship of the Zim Navigation Co., Israel's flag-carrier shipping line...
...latest crisis came at a particularly bad time for Israel's government. Sporadic fighting continued for the fourth week on the Golan Heights, and for the first time since the October War Israeli warplanes opened fire on Syrian troops. In Damascus, Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas said that his country "is now prepared to launch an all-out war against Israel to ensure the liberation of all occupied territories...