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...Jerusalem, Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin was also talking tough. In a speech to United Jewish Appeal fund raisers, the former chief of staff of Israel's armed forces deliberately chose to speak as "a military man." Said Rabin: "We do not seek war, but if war is forced upon us, the Arabs will find a stronger Israel than they think they might find." Rabin rejected Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's call for an Israeli withdrawal within 90 days on three fronts-the Sinai desert, the Golan Heights and the West Bank of the Jordan River. Deadlines have...
...Cairo, Egyptian leaders who in December had damned Israeli proposals for further disengagement in Sinai were having kinder thoughts in January. They surmised that Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon had initially put together an unacceptable package in order to mollify Israeli hawks and were now ready for serious bargaining. "The time is ripe for continued diplomatic efforts to bring peace to the area," said Egyptian Information Minister Ahmad Kamal Abul-Magd. "Cairo is keeping all bridges open...
...clear for more Kissinger-style bilateral negotiations before a resumption of the Geneva Conference. Even though Cairo and Jerusalem are seemingly closer in their views on the topics for the next stage of negotiations, it will take delicate diplomacy by the Secretary to bring them together. Israeli Premier Rabin last week, in an interview with the Paris daily Le Figaro, announced that he was willing to return the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes in Sinai to Egypt-in return for a peace treaty. Israel has also indicated that if alternative oil supplies can be guaranteed by the U.S., it will...
Elsewhere, leaders hardly stayed in place long enough to be in the running as Men of the Year. Governments changed with what seemed a manic rapidity. Israel's Golda Meir left office, replaced by Yitzhak Rabin. Japan's Kakuei Tanaka resigned amid scandal, with Takeo Miki succeeding him. Western Europe seemed beset by Fraktionspolitik. Great Britain deposed Edward Heath and reinstated Harold Wilson. France's Georges Pompidou died in April and was replaced by the progressive conservative Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. West Germany's Willy Brandt resigned in the shadow...
More Tanks. While Rabin was saying that he was prepared to meet Sadat "any time and anyplace" for peace talks, Israel was also preparing to fight. Ever since the October war it has been frantically restocking its arsenals, replenishing its fuel reservoirs and rebuilding its lines; at present, for instance, it has 100 more planes and 330 more tanks than it had at the start of the October war. Two of the country's most distinguished retired generals-Israel Tal, its top armor strategist, and Ariel ("Arik") Sharon, the brilliant, sharp-tongued tactician who led his division across...