Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...further progress toward peace between Israel and Egypt, and almost immediately began to hear some freewheeling suggestions. One Israeli diplomat offhandedly suggested that peace might be easier to attain if athletic contests could be arranged between the two countries. "That's not a bad idea for a settlement," said one weary aide to Premier Yitzhak Rabin at the end of the talks. "We could let our national football teams beat their brains out against each other and send the armies home to watch...
...that security depends on territory and military might, neither of which can ever bring them peace with larger and more populous Arab neighbors. Beyond that, Jerusalem knows full well that even moderate Arab leaders will not tolerate another extended period of no-war, no-peace without progress toward a settlement. Yet the Israelis seem to think that time is on their side and that they will benefit from the fact that the tempo of negotiations is bound to slow down as Washington heads toward an election year. "God is on the side of the patient. Impatience is a sin," said...
...have expressed a willingness to pull back their armed forces from the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes in the Sinai Peninsula and return the Abu Rudeis oilfields to Egypt. In exchange they want a declaration of nonbelligerency from Egypt-something that Sadat cannot give until there is an overall settlement, including the Golan Heights, the West Bank and recognition of the Palestinians...
...military and economic aid to Turkey had reached a total of more than $6.5 billion. Last week the U.S. military-aid pipeline was abruptly cut off in accordance with a congressional order that all arms assistance be suspended until substantial progress is made in reaching a settlement on Cyprus. The cutoff was enacted last fall by an enraged Congress, following an invasion of the island by Turkish forces using American arms. Its purpose was to pressure Ankara into withdrawing its troops from Cyprus and allowing the resettlement of the 200,000 refugees (mostly Greek Cypriots) who were left homeless...
Last week the Government acknowledged its moral obligation to those it had failed to treat. A federal judge in Montgomery approved a settlement that will benefit each unwitting participant in the ill-conceived study. Those who had syphilis and survived will receive $37,500 each. Two hundred others who were included in the study as controls but did not have the disease will get $15,000 if they are still alive; otherwise their estates will receive $5,000. Nor will the men who died of the complications of syphilis or of other causes during the course of the study...