Word: habib
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...then, at week's end, President Reagan's special envoy Philip Habib suddenly announced in Jerusalem that a cease-fire had been established. Emerging from a talk with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Habib read a message from a scrap of paper: "I have reported to President Reagan that as of 13:30 hours local time, July 24, 1981, all hostile military action between Lebanese and Israeli territory, in either direction, will cease." Begin then followed with a comment of his own: "The government of Israel endorses the statement just made by Mr. Habib, the emissary...
...secret of his success, says former U.S. Diplomat Averell Harriman, is his special gift of understanding "the other man's point of view," thereby gaining the precious element of trust. No talent is more vital in the Middle East, and Philip Charles Habib, 61, has so far used it impressively during his eleven-week mission. Says one Israeli admirer: "If he hears the word no, he pretends he hasn't heard...
...Habib, the tough, salty son of a Lebanese grocer in Brooklyn, entered the Foreign Service in 1949 and three years later earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He subsequently took on tough assignments in South Korea (1962-65) and as top deputy in the embassy in Saigon...
Reagan, whose foreign policy calls for strong support of Israel, would clearly prefer to release the F-16s, assuming nothing else goes wrong. The President last week sent his special Middle East envoy, Philip Habib, to Jerusalem to press for a ceasefire in Lebanon. If the raids end, and Habib is not rebuffed by Begin-as he has been in recent shuttle diplomacy trips to Arab capitals-Israel presumably will get its F-16s. If extensive Israeli raids continue, Reagan may have to freeze deliveries of the fighters until things settle down...
...encouraged that Begin will confer with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria later this month, an indication that the two are still prepared to work together. This fall, following separate visits to Washington by Begin and Sadat, the Administration is expected to name a new special negotiator, perhaps Philip Habib, whose job will be to get the stalled Camp David peace process moving again. The Arabs are convinced that the U.S. will be obliged to pressure the Israelis if there is ever to be a solution for the Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...