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...then a hot line was humming between Munich, Bonn-where Chancellor Brandt had been awakened with the news at 6:35-and Jerusalem. In Israel, where it was one hour later, Premier Golda Meir summoned her senior advisers to the subterranean Cabinet room of the Knesset building. It did not take them long to decide: 1) not to negotiate with the terrorists or release any prisoners, 2) to tell the Germans that they had full responsibility for any rescue action and 3) to indicate that Israel would not object should the Germans give the terrorists safe-conduct...
...faction is led by Premier Golda Meir and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. They want to maintain the status quo-in effect to keep all or most of the occupied territories. Last month, at a meeting of Labor Party leaders, Dayan demanded what one critic called "practical annexation." Dayan would like to create an economic union between those Arab areas and Israel, with a free flow of labor and capital. Arabs would be allowed autonomy on purely local matters...
...departure been as momentous as Egypt's abrupt expulsion of Soviet advisers. Yet by last week, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat must have been puzzled by the reaction-or lack of it-of those countries that stood to gain the most from the Soviet eviction. Premier Golda Meir of Israel had responded merely by reiterating her long-standing demand for direct negotiations. Washington was silent on direct White House orders. Even France's President Georges Pompidou turned down an urgent request from Sadat for an invitation to Paris to discuss the situation. Pompidou, after first agreeing...
...days after Sadat's marathon spasm of rhetoric, Israeli Premier Golda Meir delivered a comparatively brief (44-minute) statement to the Knesset. Mrs. Meir's speech was carrot after stick. "Boldness and political responsibility have been rewarded," she began. "Thanks to this policy, Israel is stronger today in every respect." But she ended with a low-key leader-to-leader appeal to Sadat: "Let us meet as equals and make a joint supreme effort to arrive at an agreed solution. We have not declared permanent borders, we have not drawn up an ultimative map, we have not demanded...
...that the Soviets will not lead or follow him into war, he may very well decide to try again for a settlement. The possibilities for accommodation will be clearer this week after Egypt's President elaborates on his decisions in speeches to his people-and Israeli Premier Golda Meir, after due consideration, offers her appraisal to the Knesset...