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Sisco presented Israeli Premier Golda Meir with a bouquet at the final session ("So you are saying it with flowers," she observed dryly), and described his talks with the Israelis as "friendly." But on occasion they were fairly heated. Some Israelis argued the rather Byzantine notion that by their very intransigence, they were impelling Sadat to depend more heavily on the U.S. and less on the Russians for finding a solution; Sisco took the position that Sadat would be more likely to accept a peaceful settlement if the Israelis were to show greater flexibility. The Israelis also expressed their fear...
...concrete offer Sisco could extract from the hard-bargaining Israelis was a modest concession to withdraw five or six miles from the canal with the condition that no Egyptian soldiers cross to the east bank. When Sisco proposed a "symbolic" crossing of Egyptian troops to the east bank, Mrs. Meir replied quite sarcastically. She reminded him that last year, when Israel complained of massive Soviet missile movements near the canal in violation of the ceasefire, Sisco soothingly suggested that all those SA-3s were merely symbolic...
Effective Attrition. The resurgence of guerrilla activity showed, as Premier Golda Meir quickly pointed out, that Israel needs secure borders to ensure peace in the Middle East. At the same time, Egypt is becoming less and less optimistic about the chances of peace with Israel and the reopening of the Suez Canal. Al Ahram Editor Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, who usually mirrors official thinking, said last week that the time had come for another round of "effective attrition" against Israel combined with pressure...
Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., his wife, and Rabbi Meir Kahane, who recently concluded an alliance between his militant Jewish Defense League and Colombo's league, were among the few nonfamily members to pass Vingo's muster. Davis, who emerged from the hospital grim and tight-lipped after visiting with the Colombo family, refused to comment on the shooting, saying only that Colombo has "our prayers...
Carrot and Stick. The impasse added significance to another curious U.S. move: a quiet four-day visit to Israel last week by CIA Director Richard Helms. The Administration would say nothing about Helms' trip, but he conferred with Premier Golda Meir and the hierarchy of top officials. He also toured Israeli-occupied Sharm el Sheikh at the tip of the Sinai peninsula and the area around...