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Israeli diplomats have insisted on maintaining a military presence at Sharm el Sheikh as a way of guaranteeing that ships will have unhindered access through the Gulf of Aqaba to the port of Eilat. Egypt would lease to Israel Sharm el Sheikh and an access road along the western shore of the Gulf of Aqaba for a stated period-perhaps 20 years. An alternative is to place a U.N. force at Sharm el Sheikh and give Israel inspection rights. Most experts agree that Israel's stated strategic concern about the Aqaba Gulf is irrelevant. Whether cargoes get through...
...occupied territory, cutting off the main Arab population centers from Israel. Speaking last week at the tenth anniversary of the settlement of Merom Golan on the Golan Heights, Sharon elaborated on that theme, declaring that Israel should settle 2 million Jews in territories extending from the Golan to Sharm el Sheikh at the southern tip of Sinai over the next 20 years...
...Suez that now provide about half its petroleum. It will also give Egypt a narrow corridor of land along the gulf running south to Abu Rudeis. Israel is building a road around the oilfields so that it can supply its forces further south at El Tur and at Sharm el Sheikh, which controls the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba. But in a unique and symbolically important part of the agreement, Israel will share parts of the existing road inside the Egyptian corridor until its own road is completed. In any event, Israeli forces will virtually surround the oilfield, which...
...Israelis would retain use of a road through the Abu Rudeis to supply their troops stationed at Sharm el Sheikh, the strategic point controlling access to the Gulf of Aqaba. One Egyptian suggestion to avoid clashes between the forces had been to give the Israelis 24 hours' use of the road and the Egyptians the following 24 hours. The Israelis, however, want the Egyptians to build a new access road...
...reunion with anxious wives. The trip continued with a visit to the Golan Heights, but already it was obviously a vast success. After all, by now just about everyone who visits Israel on similar junkets gets a VIP excursion to the Golan Heights or the Jordan River or Sharm el Sheikh. But, except for last week's 28 lucky fund raisers, how many can come home with the exquisite one-upmanship of the ultimate trip: "How I was captured by the Egyptians during my U.J.A. tour of Israel...