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...basic terms for a Sinai settlement have been worked out." Egyptian officials quickly declared that Sadat had been misquoted, and the offending sentence did not appear in local accounts of the Hearst interview. Kissinger, as he left Washington for a European trip that included talks with Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, maintained that "we are not anywhere near the point of agreement." Rabin, en route to West Germany on an official visit (see following story), cautioned strongly against speculation. "There are no deadlines, no dramatic events," he said...
...biggest problem outstanding, as Rabin and Kissinger met at week's end at Schloss Gymnich, a guesthouse outside Bonn where Rabin had been installed by his West German hosts, was control of the Sinai passes. Egypt has insisted all along that Israel must completely withdraw from the Mitla and Giddi passes (see map), the most strategic points on the peninsula. Israel has similarly insisted, for internal politics as much as for anything else, that its defense requires a military presence in the passes. Jerusalem suggested a partial pullout and electronic surveillance on either side, a proposal Sadat rejected...
...days conferring secretly with vacationing Secretary of State Henry Kissinger about the status of Israeli-Egyptian negotiations over further disengagement in the Sinai. Dinitz capped those talks with follow-up meetings at the State Department, then flew home to Israel to attend a crucial weekend meeting of Premier Yitzhak Rabin's Cabinet. As if to underscore the urgency of his mission, shortly after his return a terrorist bomb went off in Jerusalem's main square, killing 13 persons and injuring 72. It was the bloodiest incident in the city since the fighting that preceded Israel's founding...
...about their growing conflict with Washington. Kissinger and President Ford have privately blamed Israel for the collapse of the shuttle talks. As part of its reassessment of Middle East policy, the Administration has so far refused to discuss $2.5 billion worth of new aid and arms requests from the Rabin government-a not so subtle pressure on Jerusalem to yield. Ford called Dinitz to the White House to discuss the Egyptian proposals on the Sinai. In Israel, there were exaggerated stories that the President had given the ambassador a "brutal" ultimatum to make concessions or risk losing U.S. support. Ford...
...factor that has so far inspired Rabin to resist Washington's pressure is his knowledge that although Sadat wants the passes, he is not anxious to fight for them at this point, particularly since the Egyptian economy is in serious disarray. Until now, Sadat's offers-a three-year truce agreement and demilitarization of the passes with some sort of third-party supervision, perhaps by U.S. electronic gear-have not been enough. Jerusalem wants other concessions, such as a relaxation on Egypt's part of the Arab trade boycott against Israel or an end to anti-Israel...