Word: mitla
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gives you guaranteed access to the Strait of Tiran and through the Suez, freedom of movement of people across the borders, an undivided Jerusalem, an end to the boycott on trade and commerce, and a guarantee against the deployment of any Egyptian attack forces in the Sinai beyond the Mitla and Giddi passes. There are some more things I want for Israel, and may be able to get, including full diplomatic recognition and the exchange of ambassadors between you and Egypt...
Sadat said Israel should vacate the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes deep in the Sinai. He wanted to retain a "minimum'' of 1½ divisions on the east bank of the Canal. He rejected the stringent restrictions on weapons that Israel had proposed. In Israel, when I presented this plan and argued that I could not go back to Sadat with the Dayan plan but needed a fallback position, the Cabinet showed considerable ingenuity. It simply turned the Dayan plan into the fallback position, giving me an even tougher new position with which to open the bidding. Yet there was, despite...
...western two-thirds of the desert peninsula. For the next two years, until the final third of Sinai is returned to Egyptian control, the Israelis will be stationed east of the Ras Muhammad-El Arish interim line. No longer will Israeli forces command the strategic desert passes of Mitla and Giddi, which became the graveyard of Egyptian armor in 1967. With memories of the Six-Day War in mind, Israel's Chief of Staff, General Rafael Eitan, told his troops last week that "it took nothing less than peace to make us give up the Sinai...