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...interview with Iranian Publisher Farhad Massoudi, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat described the current Middle East situation as "a time bomb that, unless defused, would explode." Sadat also said that he still has hope for negotiations, stressing that the momentum that began with the disengagement agreements last January and May must somehow be revived-either through U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's proposed step-by-step negotiations or through a Geneva conference, which the Soviet Union favors...
...outskirts of the city of Suez stand twin six-foot portraits of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Saudi Arabia's King Faisal. The pictures symbolize Egyptian hopes that Arab oil money will finance the reconstruction of the war-ruined Suez Canal Zone and eventually convert it into a thriving agricultural and industrial region. One tangible result of this dream is "King Faisal City," a suburb of 3,000 housing units that is being built behind the portraits. Another is the announcement, expected imminently, that salvage operations in the canal, which has been closed since 1967, have been completed...
...restoration of the main cities that line it. Since the 1967 war, Port Said, Ismailia and Suez had been part of the Arab-Israeli battleground, and most residents had fled for safety to such cities as Cairo and Alexandria. After the Israeli pullback from Suez last March, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat gave priority to a $7.2 billion renovation plan for the Canal Zone -in part to create a visible symbol of Egypt's desire for peace...
With world attention riveted on rising Arab-Israeli tensions, TIME has steadily increased its reporting of the people and events in the center of the conflict. Our coverage has included interviews with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Syrian President Hafez Assad and two talks with Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat, along with a cover story on the P.L.O. In these and other articles we told the Arab side of the tragic story. This week our cover focuses on embattled Israel. We present an interview with Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, an account of the arms lineup stocked by both sides since...
...demanding a return to Geneva now, Assad is at odds with his principal partner in the October war, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Like the Israelis, Sadat is still committed to seeking a settlement through the Kissinger technique of phased negotiations. To all appearances, Egypt is not nearly as well prepared for a renewal of fighting as is Syria, since it has received relatively little new military equipment from the So^ viet Union since the end of the war/ Moreover, Sadat is allowing civilians to return to the cities along the Suez Canal that were turned into ghost towns...