Word: perese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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By voluntarily pulling back their forces in the Sinai, the Israelis hoped to counter the propaganda advantages that Sadat gained by reopening the canal. They took out from the limited-forces zone half the 7,000 men and 30 tanks allowed under the disengagement agreement, and withdrew artillery and missiles...
* Asked whether U.N. observers would be allowed to verify the withdrawal, Peres explained that this was unnecessary since both Egypt and Israel receive daily reconnaissance photos of the area from "a third country." He meant, of course, the U.S., which supplies both sides with satellite pictures. These are so accurate...
By 12:45 in the morning, Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin was at army headquarters in Tel Aviv. Defense Minister Shimon Peres and Chief of Staff Mordecai Gur arrived soon after at Ge'ula Street to take command. Meanwhile, the Arab commandos chose Kochava Levi, who had picked up Arabic...
After consulting by phone with Cabinet members in Jerusalem, as well as with Peres and Gur on the scene, Rabin decided that not only would there be no deal but that the attack on the guerrillas would be quick and decisive. Using darkness as their cover, two specially trained assault...
In an interview last week with TIME'S Jerusalem bureau chief Donald Neff, Peres discussed some of the diplomatic problems that Israel faces.