Word: jordan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shots of the two motorcycles crossing the Southwest are quite marvelous; but the LSD sequence is predictable--lots of fish-eye shots, weeping, and intimation of death--and boring, and doesn't do justice to the drug (compare Conrad Rooks' sublime hallucinations in Chappaqua or in any film by Jordan Belson). Hopper also has an irritating editing affectation: when indicating the passage of time he'll cut two frames of the next sequence in twice at the end of the preceding scene. Real avant-garde...
...military post on Mount Hermon. Syrian artillery opened up against the town of Ku-neitra, key military headquarters in the occupied Golan Heights. Israel denied that either attack caused casualties. The real victim was the last mutually respected cease-fire line in the Middle East. Now, besides Egypt and Jordan, Is rael must deal with an active Arab enemy on a third front...
...Israeli positions in occupied Sinai, killing one soldier and wounding six. The raid lasted only four minutes, giving Israeli jets no time to scramble to the challenge. Next day the Israeli air force plastered Egyptian positions along the canal for 45 minutes; for good measure, Israeli planes also raided Jordan...
...triggered an explosion; police found several more booby-trapped melons near by. In all, terrorist action killed one and wounded 13. Against this background of violence, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir called for adherence to the cease-fire resolution, adding grimly that "I must point out to Egypt, Jordan and Syria that we do not speak out of weakness...
Prospects for an early package agreement between the Big Two, however, remained slim. The U.S. is said to be ready to agree to Egypt's demand that Israel should withdraw from the Sinai and Sharm el Sheikh. Washington also favors the return of the West Bank to Jordan, together with recognition of Jordan's rights in Jerusalem. But the Soviets and the Egyptians still insist that Israel quit all the lands conquered in 1967. Both Washington and Moscow, as a result of discussions, now agree that the frontier areas should be demilitarized and controlled by U.N. forces...