Word: habib
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What gave the announcement an added sense of drama was that it coincided with the return to the Middle East of President Reagan's Special Envoy Philip Habib. On leaving Washington earlier in the week, Habib had declared: "There is an urgent need to put the problems of Lebanon behind us so that we can move on to the larger issues of peace in the region." Whether the Reagan Administration's rising impatience over the deadlock contributed to last week's agreement was not clear, but the return of Habib undoubtedly increased the pressure on both...
Despite Draper's acknowledged contribution to the Israeli-Lebanese negotiations, there is little doubt that President Reagan's decision to send Habib back to the Middle East provided a badly needed stimulant. Habib is regarded in the area as the President's top representative and a tough negotiator who can shout and pound on tables as the need arises. In his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin last week, Habib delivered a letter from Reagan that, according to Israeli government officials, said the President attaches importance to his meeting with Begin next month and wants...
...Israel a fortnight ago-first for a breathing problem, then following a minor car accident-the actress, surrounded by her courtiers, braved her way through early rounds of meetings with a professional élan that would have warmed the heart of Eleonora Duse or, for that matter, Philip Habib. Swathed in a neck brace and with bandaged leg and finger, Taylor, looking a bit like someone who had been wounded in the Lebanon fighting, persevered to keep her appointment with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 69. Although Liz tried to keep her chins up, her woeful appearance seemed...
Before Pazner's announcement, Lebanese press report said the main item in the "composite agenda" proposed by Habib's associate Morris Draper was ending the state of war between Israel and Lebanon which the cortically has existed since the armistice that ended the 1949 Arab-Israel...
Israeli purse reports had said Habib would bring Began a message from Reagan urging him to break the stale man and warning that lack of progress in the talks could mean postponement of his planned trip to Washington early this year...