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While world attention focused on the drama of a quadruple skyjack last week, the greater crisis of peace or war hung unresolved over the Middle East. Israel's two top international spokesmen plan to visit the U.S. this week. Foreign Minister Abba Eban will fly to Manhattan, where he will confer with United Nations Mediator Gunnar Jarring. Eban hopes to get the stalled Middle East negotiations started again, preferably on Israel's terms. The Israelis demand the removal of the Soviet-supplied missiles that have been placed in the Egyptian standstill zone since the cease-fire went into...
Though no injuries or deaths have yet occurred as a result of the hijackings, airline and Government officials are convinced that tragedy is only a matter of time if skyjack fever continues. They are equally convinced that the only effective deterrent is to make examples of captured hijackers, who face a possible death sentence under federal law. That, in turn, is not possible until Cuba agrees to extradite offenders-something it has so far refused to do. The International Federation of Airline Pilots has under discussion a proposal to boycott flights into countries that refuse to sign extradition agreements...