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...SYRIAN-ISRAELI BORDER. The 1967 line must be restored. "Golda Meir said that the Golan Heights are an integral part of Israel. Does one who makes such a statement really seek peace? Can there ever be peace when the territories of others are annexed by force...
Would Assad accept demilitarization of the Golan Heights? This would be "a limitation of our sovereignty over our own land." As "a temporary measure," it might be acceptable if there were demilitarization of an equal zone on the Israeli side of the border...
...visit to the Middle East since October, the U.S. Secretary of State last week managed to 1) deliver to Israel a list of prisoners held by the Syrians since the end of the Yom Kippur War; 2) persuade the Israelis to offer Syria preliminary proposals for disengagement on the Golan Heights; 3) restore formal diplomatic relations between Egypt and the U.S., which were broken off in the 1967 Six Day War. Shuttle diplomacy, it seems, is still working...
...broken by a snack of cheese and jelly sandwiches and Pepsi-Cola, the prisoners were released with apologies for having been inconvenienced. Recrossing the Suez Canal, they were airlifted to Tel Aviv by the Israelis for a reunion with anxious wives. The trip continued with a visit to the Golan Heights, but already it was obviously a vast success. After all, by now just about everyone who visits Israel on similar junkets gets a VIP excursion to the Golan Heights or the Jordan River or Sharm el Sheikh. But, except for last week's 28 lucky fund raisers...
...leadership ability, devaluation in spirit, in values, in morale, in faith and self-confidence." Traditionally respected as the savior of the nation, even the army has come under attack for incompetence. Following a hue and cry about the lack of cold-weather gear for soldiers on the frosty Golan Heights, civilian volunteers and even tourists went up to the front to distribute American parkas, long underwear and woolen socks. The government is understandably apprehensive about the upcoming report of a blue-ribbon commission investigating the army's shortcomings...