Word: syrians
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...routine." Yet his hardest task still lay ahead, and last week it was far from certain that it could be accomplished. Then, confirming the view of himself as the consummate political prestidigitator, the Secretary of State reached into the hat for the most elusive dove of all: the Israeli-Syrian settlement that is the "Mideast Miracle" of our cover...
With that, Siilasvuo invited representatives of Israel and Syria to sign the disengagement agreement between their countries that U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had successfully negotiated during a month of difficult and dramatic shuttle diplomacy. Major General Herzl Shafir signed immediately for Israel. Syrian Brigadier Adnanwajih Tayara, presumably because his government was still uneasy about dealing with an enemy of 26 years, would sign only after newsmen had been cleared from a gallery overlooking the chamber...
...ceremony did indeed symbolize a giant step. As Siilasvuo reminded the signatories and the U.S., Soviet and Egyptian delegations accompanying them, "a good deal more remains to be done." But remarkable achievements had already been scored?first an Egyptian-Israeli disengagement, next a more complicated Syrian-Israel pullback. The two agreements, limited though they were, made it possible for the first time in years to envision a lasting peace settlement in the Middle East. Both represented extraordinary accomplishments for Kissinger himself, who had once more demonstrated the effectiveness of his unique brand of personal diplomacy. If the settlements seemed...
Silent Guns. The words of Kissinger's remarkable disengagement deal between Israel and Syria were quickly translated into heartening action last week. On the Golan Heights, where 1,200 artillery duels have been waged since the end of the October war, the big guns fell silent. According to a Syrian military communique, "all fighting stopped at 2:15 p.m." (Damascus time) ?exactly half an hour after the ceremony in Geneva ended. Israel reported that one of its soldiers had been killed in the final round of shooting and two others injured...
There were several reasons why Kissinger was finding it much harder to get the Israelis and the Syrians to agree on disengagement than it had been to bring together the Israelis and the Egyptians. Neither side had much to trade, especially since their armies were not stopped in exposed, vulnerable positions, as was the case in Egypt. The nature of the territory was also a factor: the vast Sinai desert is an obvious buffer zone, while the plain of Damascus and the Golan Heights are-or were before the fighting at least-populated regions with civilian settlements on both sides...