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...verbal barbs were aimed at a new "strategic cooperation" agreement between the U.S. and Israel worked out during a three-day visit to Washington by Shamir and his top aides. Although the details need to be ironed out in future meetings between lesser officials of both nations, the package of military aid and trade concessions places Israel back in the forefront of U.S. policy in the Middle East, at the calculated risk of upsetting the moderate Arab states. As such, it was an abrupt shift in the Administration's Middle East policy, which had stressed U.S. efforts to play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Deal for Israel | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...help break the bloody impasse on the ground in Lebanon? Shultz and other U.S. policymakers have felt that Syria's intransigence stemmed from Assad's belief that Israel had lost its military will during its internal debate over the invasion of Lebanon. The transition from Begin to Shamir in October and the ongoing economic crisis have intensified this perception. U.S. planners see Shamir as moving forcefully as a leader now and believe that his stronger ties with Washington may impress Syria. "The idea that we plan to unleash the Israelis on Syria is just not right," insists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Deal for Israel | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...American officials urged Shamir to consider making further unilateral withdrawals from Lebanon, this time in full consultation with both Washington and Gemayel. Shamir indicated that he might do so, but only if he were confident that Gemayel's forces could control any territory vacated by Israel. The sequence sought by U.S. planners was for Gemayel to share power with opposing factions, gaining control of more territory in return, followed by Israeli withdrawals. The power sharing would have to be worked out in Lebanon's national reconciliation talks. Shamir was asked to use Israel's influence with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Deal for Israel | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...White House was confident that progress on all this had been made with Shamir. "The Israelis are going to have to cooperate with us and Gemayel if there is going to be a Lebanon," an aide said. "They have come to the view that without Gemayel, Israel will be left holding the can in Lebanon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Deal for Israel | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...long-term peace prospects involving Israel and Palestinians, Shamir was asked by Shultz to improve the quality of life for West Bank Palestinians. TIME Jerusalem Correspondent David Halevy was told by one of the Prime Minister's top aides that "Shamir is ready to enable the local population of the West Bank to run their own lives. He will seek ways to re-establish Arab mayors at all of the West Bank urban centers." More surprising, Shamir hinted that he was willing to "take a second look at the U.S. peace plan" advanced by Reagan last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Deal for Israel | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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