Word: truce
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...help the negotiations by placing them under the threat of a resumption of shooting. Israeli Premier Golda Meir, who wants an unlimited ceasefire, complained before Sadat's speech that "we can't conduct peace negotiations with a stopwatch in hand." Neither can Egypt. An extension of the truce to March 7 allows too short a time in which to accomplish results...
...nations that hold the key to peace-Israel, Egypt and Jordan-are still far from harmony as their second 90-day cease-fire expires this week. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and his advisers were to meet early in the week to decide whether or not to extend the truce formally, and if so, for how long. Meanwhile, Sadat's soldiers have been training with rubber dinghies along the canal, in clear sight of the Israelis, and air raid drills were staged in Cairo. The Israelis also went out of their way to show that they are prepared...
...serious illness of Igor Stravinsky, a WABC banana man punned: "His heart is not right this spring." On Middle East stories, the station stoops to leads like, "Egypt and Israel continued to kick sand in each other's faces," or "The Israelis have as many reservations [about a truce continuation] as we have Indians." On Detroit's WJBK, a banana man playing Rowan to his forecaster's Martin asked: "How does it look tonight?" "Pretty good," leered the forecaster, obviously referring to his girl friend. "I mean the weather," snorted the banana...
Agreement in Principle. In fact, the Israelis wanted to make a procedural point, and they felt that it was important enough to bring the patient, mild-mannered Swede all the way from New York City. In the three-year history of the on-and-off truce negotiations, procedure has often tended to become substance. The Arabs want discussions held at the U.N., where international pressure is on Israel to settle, and at the ambassadorial level. Israel wants talks held at Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete or some other Mediterranean location, and at the foreign minister level. The Israelis want face-to-face...
Sadat has bid for popularity among the lower classes by cutting some food prices, invoking price controls and launching an attack on black-market operators. He has declared a truce with a hostile middle class by revoking the laws that Nasser instituted a decade ago to seize their property. He told a visitor last week that he intends to release some 600 political prisoners. Streets in Cairo are being repaired and swept for a change, new street lights are being installed, and sandbags protecting the Nile bridges are being replaced by shrubbery...