Word: nasserism
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...exchange for aid, the U.S. may ask Israel, among other things, to return some of the land captured in the 1967 war as part of a negotiated peace. Nixon also wants an end to the shootouts along the Suez. The Administration believes that Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser is the only visible Arab leader strong enough to negotiate peace. Any major attacks on his country could scuttle hope of negotiations...
...time last week, in fact, it seemed that Nasser was offering a peace feeler. Speaking with reporters at the U.N., Egypt's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad was understood to say that his country would negotiate directly with Israel-even before the Israelis withdrew from Arab lands. Later Riad denied saying anything about direct talks, but he did say that Israel and Egypt were engaged in "Rhodes-type" negotiations. This approach was used in the 1948-49 peace talks on the island of Rhodes, where the Arabs and Israelis, for the record at least, never directly faced each other. Proposals...
...Israelis felt that they had compelling reasons for the strike. Through the summer, the country's morale had sagged as casualty lists grew. Nasser had begun talking of "a battle of destiny." Mrs. Meir and her aides decided to remind Egypt's President not to get carried away by his own rhetoric and to demonstrate that the Arab armies were no match for the Israelis...
With the outlook for peace bleak, Mrs. Meir will visit the U.S. next week ?at the same time that Nasser will be in Moscow, ostensibly for a medical examination. Her principal reason for coming is to call at the White House with a shopping list of U.S. weapons. Israel's government negotiated almost three years ago for the purchase of 50 Mirage fighters from the French, only to have Charles de Gaulle personally embargo the deal. Initially, it was expected that the new Pompidou government would lift the embargo, but apparently it intends to maintain...
With or without the additional planes, Israel is certain to step up its anticipatory counterattacks, particularly to relieve the pressure on the so-called Bar-Lev defense line near the Suez Canal. One object of last week's raid, for example, was to provoke Nasser into shifting southward some of the 80,000 men he has along the canal, but he is unlikely to do so. Thus more Israeli attacks can be expected south of Suez. Eventually, the Israelis might also bomb the big industrial center of Helwan, 15 miles south of Cairo, where they could inflict damage to Nasser...