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...because it lacked the goading presence of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the Middle East last week appeared to have regressed to the familiar old no war-no peace stalemate. Day after noisy day on the Golan Heights, Syrian and Israeli gunners fought artillery duels. In Jerusalem, Premier Golda Meir hurled a few verbal shells at both Syria and the Palestinians. In interviews with Time Inc. Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan (see box below and on page 40), both Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Mrs. Meir displayed a measure of perhaps ritualistic truculence...
...undoubtedly aware that the Arab world's most prestigious leader is now breathing over his shoulder. Both the Palestinians and Jordan's King Hussein are also anxious to begin talks, once Syria's are completed. The Palestinians, however, received little hope of accommodation last week from Golda Meir. During the Knesset's debate on her government, Mrs. Meir warned: "Israel rejects the establishment of an additional separate Arab state west of the Jordan." Since Israel's National Religious Party, at least, insists on retaining portions of the West Bank, Mrs. Meir indicated that she plans...
...Premier Golda Meir had looked pale and fatigued as she sat in the Knesset waiting for parliamentary approval of her new government. But she appeared vigorous and rested last week when she and Time Inc.'s Editor in Chief talked in her Jerusalem office. Mrs. Meir joked about the problems of forming a government. But when the conversation turned to the Cabinet's first priority-disengagement with Syria-Israel's 75-year-old leader became markedly more somber. Her views...
OPTIMISTIC RADIO assertions notwithstanding, the governmental crisis in Israel is far from over. In fact, while Golda Meir's decision to withdraw her resignation and remain as Prime Minister solved the immediate problem of who would form a government, the inability of the Israeli political power-structure to produce a viable alternative underlined a more fundamental problem. The ideological divisions in Israel are so deep that no group can muster enough support to govern effectively...
...SYRIAN-ISRAELI BORDER. The 1967 line must be restored. "Golda Meir said that the Golan Heights are an integral part of Israel. Does one who makes such a statement really seek peace? Can there ever be peace when the territories of others are annexed by force...