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...encourage and finance another round of war with Israel, the Soviets have forced both Arabs and Israelis to consider the rough outline of a possible settlement. If negotiations proceed successfully, the most plausible scenario is that Israel will relinquish the bulk of the territories it conquered in the Six-Day War in return for ironclad guarantees that the Arab states will accept Israel's existence. From such an agreement, a number of benefits might ultimately flow: the reopening of the Suez Canal, a solution to the problem of the Palestinian refugees, Arab-Israeli cooperation in the development...
...power that the U.S. relied upon after Nasser repudiated an earlier cease-fire proposal in 1969. Shortly before leaving office, Lyndon Johnson had leveled the balance by selling Israel 50 Phantom jets. These took the place of French Mirages, which Charles de Gaulle withheld from Israel after the Six-Day...
TERRITORIES. The Israelis insist that security, not territory, is the real issue. The Arabs insist on Israeli withdrawal from all the land occupied during the Six-Day War. Israel is willing to return less strategic territories like the West Bank and Western Sinai, but in any case wants to negotiate entirely new borders, with a guarantee of their legitimacy and security, to replace unofficial ones that have existed since 1949. Some territorial solutions, apart from converting the Jordan's West Bank into a state...
...hair of an idealized halfback. He learned much of his management technique in two lengthy tours of the U.S., during which he visited IBM, National Cash Register, Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel and other firms. A publicity-shy man with few outside interests, he regularly puts in a 70-hour, six-day work week. For this he earns close to $200,000 a year...
...fourth year of the Six-Day War," said Dayan, "the Egyptians and their foreign advisers are attempting to force a decision. I doubt whether their desire will bring us peace. I fear that the next round will take place not around a peace table, in talks and compromises of good will, but will take place in forts, in the skies, in air, missile and artillery battles, in raids and in repelling invasion attempts...