Word: israell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 242, calling for recognition of Israel's sovereignty but also for withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied territory and for settlement of the Palestine refugee problem. Israel holds on to conquered territories...
...Egypt attacks across the Suez Canal on Yom Kippur while Syrian troops attack the Golan Heights. Israel's counterattacks reach to within 20 miles of Damascus and across the Suez into Egypt. Heavy losses on both sides. The oil-producing states announce a cutoff of exports to nations supporting Israel, and oil prices soon quadruple. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger finally negotiates a cease-fire...
...Sadat flies to Jerusalem and tells the Knesset that Egypt is ready to make peace but Israel must return Arab lands...
...days before Carter decided on his odyssey, he talked late one night with guests about his deepest worry-Israel was isolating itself in an increasingly hostile world. It had no other powerful friend besides the U.S., Carter noted with unusual fervor. Sadat had made a startling gesture for peace and Israel still quibbled. The Arabs were growing more hostile, richer, and they have enormous manpower. Western Europe, thirsting for oil, was irritated, and some of its leaders, like France's Giscard, were downright contemptuous of Israeli behavior. Nobody, continued the President, knew what would happen to American sentiments...
That sense of history lay at the heart of Carter's decision to use the presidential presence as a weight to gently force some concessions from both parties. At the Israeli state dinner the President declared, "We love Israel. But we are not jealous of you. We want you to have other friends...