Word: hafez
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palestinian issue is the heart of the problem. But in that case, he has to have King Hussein and the Palestinian Arabs sitting with him in his delegation. From what I hear and know, King Hussein is very reluctant to come into negotiations without Syria. And [Syrian President Hafez]Assad is saying "I cannot make peace without the P.L.O. and without the Russians coming." So the question is, what really is going on between us and Egypt? We can deliver the goods. We speak for Israel. But is the other partner in the position to make a peace treaty with...
...mortars and artillery in an effort to dislodge them. The Syrians have tried to stabilize the country maintaining a balance of power?initially, by moving against an insurgent Palestinian and Muslim left, more recently by attacking pro-Israeli Christians who threaten to partition the country. But for Syrian President Hafez Assad, Lebanon threatens to become a Viet Nam: by pulling his forces out, he risks the renewal of civil war and possibly the installation of a pro-Israeli government in Beirut; by keeping his troops in Lebanon indefinitely, he creates a costly morale and manpower drain on his own country...
...renewed fighting was touched off by a bitter feud involving the country's three major Christian factions: Pierre Gemayel's Phalangists, Camille Chamoun's National Liberals, and forces loyal to former President Suleiman Franjieh, a close ally of Syrian President Hafez Assad. The dispute centers on the fact that Gemayel and Chamoun would like to create a separate Christian state in northern Lebanon, while Franjieh supports a unified nation. Franjieh also believes the country's sovereignty is best guaranteed by the presence of the Syrian army...
...avoids quarrels even with Arab radicals, preferring to build as broad a range of contacts as he can. In the interests of preserving Arab unity, he has mediated between leftist Algeria and royalist Morocco in the Sahara dispute. He maintains ties with Egypt's Sadat and Syria's Hafez Assad, with the Palestine Liberation Organization's Yasser Arafat and with Lebanese Christian Leader Camille Chamoun. Saudi Arabia has had problems with radical Iraq and Marxist South Yemen, but he keeps in touch with leaders of both states...
...begun to transmit information, hour by hour, to the Israelis since they sent out their "Save Israel" message, now informed them that the Egyptians had taken their Armored Division 21 across to the East Bank of the Canal in an attempt to relieve the pressure on Syria at President [Hafez] Assad's request. I also knew that the Pentagon advised the Israelis to try a counterattack to save their force in Sinai. In his Memoirs, the Israeli Chief of Staff, during the October War, tried to absolve himself by reporting that Golda Meir, after receiving the information gathered...