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...appear to be essential in restoring a stable and independent country. He opposes Jerusalem's demands for a peace treaty between the two nations on the grounds that it would alienate the rest of the Arab world. The logical starting point, therefore, is a U.S.-negotiated agreement to withdraw all foreign forces from Lebanon. Neither Syria nor Israel, however, wants to be the first to pull out, and Israel is asking for solid assurances that it will no longer have to worry about being attacked by P.L.O. guerrillas in southern Lebanon. Though Israel hopes to retain a military presence...
Among the many factors that produced the change in attitude, one stood out: a blunt warning by U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz that Washington would withdraw both its presence and its all-important funding from the General Assembly and from any U.N. affiliate that voted to expel Israel. This year the U.S. is slated to contribute $179.8 million to the U.N., or 25% of the organization's entire budget, in contrast to $79 million, or 11%, from the Soviet Union. Washington made it clear that the U.S. threat did not extend to the strategic U.N. Security Council...
...Reagan Administration's new combative strategy toward the U.N. may prove vital to the organization. For one thing, Washington's attitude implies a commitment to stay and fight, rather than simply withdraw in disgust. As Jeane Kirkpatrick, the controversial U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., told TIME Correspondent James Wilde: "We need a new departure. We must give more importance to the U.N. and take it more seriously, both in the positive and negative aspects. The U.N. is vital to American interests." The paradox is that as the U.S. strives to prove that point, the uproar is liable...
...flexible than in previous sessions. Shamir stressed the importance of getting the autonomy talks back on track, although he made no concessions that would pave the way toward an early agreement on that issue. In a clear-cut signal of support for Jerusalem, Shultz warned that the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N. General Assembly if that body voted for an Arab-backed move to exclude Israel...
Whatever punitive economic impact sanctions may have, they have almost invariably failed to achieve their political goal: to change the conduct of an offending government. The League of Nations embargo did not force Italy to withdraw from Ethiopia. Instead, as Renwick notes, the pressure "stiffened Italian resolve...