Word: israell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aware of this growing enmity, the Carter Administration was busy giving last-minute assurances of support to the Israelis and the Egyptians. Both Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and Egyptian Defense Minister Kamel Hassan Ali arrived in Washington with impressive shopping lists. As a reward for signing the treaty, Israel is to receive $3 billion in new aid, including $2.2 billion in credits over three years and $800 million in grants to finance the removal of Israeli airfields in the Sinai desert. All this is in addition to the $1.8 billion in annual military and economic aid that Israel gets...
Apart from promising material assistance, the Carter Administration has sought to assure the Israelis that their vital interests will be protected. Extending a five-year commitment made in 1975, the U.S. has pledged to provide Israel with oil for 15 years if the Israelis on their own should be unable to acquire sufficient supplies, either from Egypt or on the world market. Late last week the Administration concluded a bilateral memorandum of agreement with Israel under which the U.S. promises to "consult" with Israel-that is, to give it some sort of support-if Egypt should violate the terms...
...route from Israel to the U.S. for the signing of the peace treaty, a fatigued but ebullient Premier Begin gave an interview to TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dean Fischer. Excerpts...
...believe a new era will start in relations between Egypt and Israel. Then I hope will come a period of building mutual trust between our two nations. Therefore I made the suggestion that we sign the treaty in our respective capitals so that all the Israelis, the Jews and the Arabs can see that we are friends now and no more enemies...
...capital of Lebanon, or they can come to Jerusalem or we may meet at a neutral spot and let us try hard to bring peace. But if the answer is negative, and so far it has been, we must be patient. If we improve relations between Egypt and Israel, this may serve as a living example for our other neighbors...