Word: yigal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israeli-Egyptian confrontation in the Sinai, the easiest problem to untangle. In Jerusalem and Cairo, Kissinger offered no solutions but solicited from both sides a general idea of their minimum and maximum concessions. Thus there was no need for formal positions, policy clarifications or what Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon at one point referred to as "new miracles" from the Middle East's proclaimed miracle worker...
...Cairo, Egyptian leaders who in December had damned Israeli proposals for further disengagement in Sinai were having kinder thoughts in January. They surmised that Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon had initially put together an unacceptable package in order to mollify Israeli hawks and were now ready for serious bargaining. "The time is ripe for continued diplomatic efforts to bring peace to the area," said Egyptian Information Minister Ahmad Kamal Abul-Magd. "Cairo is keeping all bridges open...
...first step may be taken this week when Israeli Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon sees Kissinger in Washington. During a December visit to the U.S., Allon told Kissinger that in return for Egyptian concessions, such as a declaration of nonbelligerence, Israel was prepared to give up as many as 50 miles in some parts of occupied Sinai. Sadat rejected this proposal as "unacceptable," on the ground that the Israelis were not willing to surrender either the strategic Mitla and Giddi desert passes or the captured Egyptian oil wells at Abu Rudeis, which supply Israel with about...
...Israelis are also apprehensive about the apparent drift toward war, though they still seem unprepared to make any concessions that might lead to meaningful negotiations. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon left the impression in a recent trip to Washington that on the eve of the Sadat-Brezhnev meeting in Cairo, the Israelis see little point in making a firm commitment for a further withdrawal either in Sinai or on the Golan...
Kissinger's present plan is to resume discussions between Israel and Egypt, especially since Cairo, with its economic problems, now seems more amenable to peace talks than Damascus. Toward that end, Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon will visit Washington next week. One difficulty is that Israel so far appears unwilling to agree to a key Egyptian point in these talks: the return of the Abu Rudeis oilfields, which were captured by Israeli forces in the Six-Day War and have been pumping out oil for Israel ever since...