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...hastily called meeting went on for 7½ hours behind the closed doors of Alexander Haig's seventh floor office. The U.S. Secretary of State and Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir focused on one key question: whether Israel would accept contingents from four European countries on the peace-keeping force that will patrol the Sinai after Israel's final withdrawal next April. Until Shamir's flight to Washington late last week, the Israelis seemed ready to veto the European participation because the four countries (Britain, France, Italy and The Netherlands) have implied support of the Palestine Liberation...
Incredibly, no real effort was made then by the Administration even to measure the potential depth of those objections. When Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir visited Washington in late February, he was told by Haig that some sort of aerial reconnaissance equipment might be sold to the Saudis; Israelis now insist that the warning was extremely vague. Israel had reconciled itself to the beefing up of the Saudi F-15s. Under the impression that this would be the main part of the package, Shamir expressed only ritualistic objection. His "I'm not worried" comment was then taken by the Administration...
Another person who had his mark in Mid-East affairs, former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, visited Harvard last week for a faculty luncheon at the Center for Jewish Studies...
...country's leaders, men like Begin, President Yitzhak Navon, former Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres, who knew Sadat and worked with him, were genuinely moved and saddened. Right-wing extremists were overjoyed, anticipating that Sadat's death might mean Israel would retain its hold on part of the Sinai...
Israel, however, still believes that the sale is not in its best interest. In New York City last week, Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir attacked the Saudis as a "major obstacle" to peace. Said he: "Saudi extremism against the peace process stems from a fanatic hatred of Jews and Israel." His diatribe may reflect worries in Jerusalem that the Administration's hitherto benign attitude toward Israel is changing for the worse. TIME has learned that in two recent cables to his government, Israel's Ambassador to Washington, Ephraim Evron, expressed concern that a proposed memorandum on U.S.-Israeli strategic...