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TIME'S survey, carried out with the help of Public Opinion Research of Israel Ltd., indicates that there is scant public pressure on the coalition government of Premier Golda Meir to soften any policy-or, for that matter, to harden it. Of the Jewish Israelis questioned, 85% feel that the government is doing all it should to negotiate a peace treaty. They also give stunning support to the government position that the occupied territories of East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and Sharm el Sheikh should be retained by Israel in any settlement (see map). Only 7% of the Israelis...
...exerting no pressure at all. Although Washington officially denies it, sources in Cairo said the State Department has assumed Sadat that the U.S. is doing its utmost to coax the Israelis into a more flexible position. Israel Galili, a Cabinet Minister Without Portfolio and one of Premier Golda Meir's closest advisers, admitted that the U.S. and Israel are engaged in "a strenuous argument." And the U.S. has let the Israelis know-"not as a threat but as a fact," as an American official put it-that Israel's unyielding attitude in discussions with Gunnar Jarring is making...
Eventually, the crucial question will come to this: exactly how much territory does Israel intend to surrender? Arab negotiators say, largely for public consumption, that every acre must be returned. On the other hand, Israel's Premier Golda Meir drew some pretty specific lines during a women's Zionist meeting in Tel Aviv last week, indicating that her country aims to retain some key areas. "The Americans know very well how much we can concede," said Mrs. Meir. "They know we cannot concede the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem or Sharm el Sheikh...
...territory but at the same time should demand major border rectifications from the Arabs. Maps indicating proposed future borders are now being drawn up by a top-level committee, TIME learned last week, and highly placed sources conjecture that the absolute maximum Israeli withdrawal, as far as Premier Golda Meir's government is concerned, is the following...
Israel's response to the latest proposals will be framed in large part by four top-secret government committees that were formed in December. One, headed by Premier Golda Meir with Military Intelligence Chief Aharon Yariv as day-to-day coordinator, is concerned with borders; it has pretty much formulated the lines that would provide maximum security after Israel withdraws from occupied territories (see box). A second, headed by Foreign Minister Abba Eban, is working on the mechanics of negotiations and has quietly dispatched West Bank Arab leaders for exploratory talks with Palestinian guerrillas. The other two committees...