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...Ford Administration has decided to hold back on sales of the Lance surface-to-surface missile and the F-15 fighter-the world's most advanced combat aircraft -so as to pressure Israel to make peace and to limit Jerusalem's pre-emptive strike possibilities. Premier Yitzhak Rabin's government argues that such pressure will only encourage Arabs like Assad. Thus there was particular interest last week in the first public showing of the Kfir (Lion Cub), a home-built fighter that symbolizes Israel's determination to protect itself...
...Concessions. Thus Premier Yitzhak Rabin's government last week decided to demonstrate some diplomatic initiative of its own. From Jerusalem came reports that the government was considering new Sinai concessions in order to resume the Kissinger talks. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, bound for the U.S. to make some fund-raising appearances, persuaded Kissinger to receive him in Washington in order to emphasize Israel's willingness to continue negotiations...
...highest popularity rating in political polls since he took office last year. Nonetheless, the government was under fire from both left and right for lack of foresight and policy. "We are a crazy people," suggested Author Yoram Kaniuk, a critic on the left. "The talks fall through, and Yitzhak Rabin becomes a national hero...
...strike," Sadat announced that despite Kissinger's failure, Egypt would reopen the Suez Canal to foreign shipping on June 5, the eighth anniversary of its closing during the 1967 war. Sadat's declaration drew a cool response from the Israelis. "It means nothing to Israel," snapped Premier Yitzhak Rabin, since the Egyptian leader declared that Israeli cargoes could not be transported, even in ships of neutral nations, through the reopened waterway...
...talks. What that means is that Kissinger is angry at Israel for being unwilling to accept his idea for a non-belligerency substitute--a clause which would read similarly to non-belligerency but have less binding an effect--and that he is trying to give Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his government a good scare. Apparently Kissinger and his sides have told newsmen that the Israelis were aware that non-belligerency would not emerge from this round of negotiations, and said they were prepared to go ahead with the talks anyway, on the premise that a settlement...