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...Minister Shimon Peres, arriving in Washington last week with a shopping list for $2.3 billion in aid and weapons this year, said that Israel views the Pershing as a deterrent, since it can reach such Arab cities as Damascus, Cairo and Amman with devastating force. As Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin put it last week in Jerusalem: "The stronger we are, the less will be the temptation to attack...
...Cosell, had burbled, "We want people to feel, 'Boy, I better not miss this tonight because Lord knows what will happen.' " But Cosell, master of ceremonies, treated the show as another episode of N.F.L. Monday Night Football. "Look," he said, shrugging, "this is not a meeting between Rabin and Sadat with world peace being in the balance...
...technicians in the Sinai to monitor the truce electronically, Kissinger and President Ford are seeking a congressional resolution of support. Such a resolution, they hope, will not only silence domestic critics but also provide tangible support to Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Premier Yitzhak Rabin, who are both being hounded by vocal critics...
...possibility of hostilities will increase sharply. Assad, who is clearly keeping a negotiating door open, has indicated that he will not accept a limited Israeli withdrawal. Although he is anxious for an agreement, Assad obviously is taking a hard line to prevent Arab radicals from accusing him of appeasement. Rabin says that while Israel is willing to move back considerably from its present Golan lines, it will insist that strategically important Mount Hermon remain demilitarized...
Kissinger, Sadat and Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin quickly moved−in differing ways and against widely varying kinds and degrees of opposition−to justify the accords. To head off congressional worries that the American commitment to provide electronics experts might become a new Viet Nam adventure, President Ford and Kissinger met last week with leaders of the House and Senate at the White House. Over coffee and rolls, Ford argued that members of the National Security Council and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had agreed that U.S. involvement was worth the effort. It was a gamble, conceded the President...