Word: giddiness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plan envisioned some Israeli military strongpoints remaining on the West Bank following a general troop withdrawal. It also called for U.N. military control of the strategic site of Sharm el Sheikh, and stationing of almost all Egyptians in the Sinai to the west of the strategic Mitla and Giddi passes, with a U.N. force east of the passes and creation of a large "buffer zone...
...from the scene, are 17 Israeli settlements, dominated by the major village of Yamit. Established only 15 months ago, Yamit is a bustling community of 850 inhabitants who commute to jobs in Israel proper, and construction is under way on housing for hundreds more. Central Sinai, east of the Giddi and Mitla passes, is a natural battlefield and ideal tank country. So far, Israel and Egypt have fought three wars there in only 20 years. Israel intends to hold this area with military installations. At Bir Gifgafa, 15 miles north of the Giddi Pass, is a giant forward base containing...
...women this week assume the task of securing the fragile peace between Egypt and Israel. Dressed in bright orange uniforms-so that they can be easily seen against the sun-baked sand-the members of the State Department's Sinai Field Mission are operating monitoring stations in the Giddi and Mitla passes, scene of three wars in the past 20 years. The puny American presence could scarcely halt an armored column intent on starting a fourth war. Rather, since Egypt and Israel trust Washington more than they trust each other, the Americans are in the passes as hostages...
...Americans, all nonmilitary volunteers, will operate from a barren hill in the Giddi Pass 30 miles east of the Suez Canal. In scarcely four weeks, the area has been converted into a self-contained Little America. Temporary barracks and a mess hall were flown in from the U.S., along with generators, electric fly catchers, Xerox copiers and even "Porta Potti" toilets. By September prefabricated concrete modules will be in place. Sand is even being shipped into the Sinai in a coals-to-Newcastle operation; the local sand is so salt-saturated that it is useless for cement mixing...
...loneliness of the desert. The only evidence of man is a narrow, two-lane asphalt road that slithers along for 20 miles through the minefields and war wreckage surrounding the passes, and the bristling patch of antennas that mark the sophisticated, underground listening post at Umm Khisheib, northwest of Giddi. Except for Egyptian, Israeli and U.N. soldiers, the only people the Americans are likely to see are camel-riding Bedouins eerily wandering through the emptiness with no apparent destination...