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...internal political wars: Foreign Minister Abba Eban, 57. Newly admitted to the inner circle of the Labor Party's zameret (elite), the mellifluous-voiced diplomat has begun to soften his heavily starched image. He recently allowed himself to be photographed with his attractive blonde wife Suzy at the Suez Canal, wearing an almost shockingly informal tieless dark shirt. A dove in the past, he has begun to adopt a more hawkish-and thus more popular -stance on some issues. To match his new style, he has recruited a small new staff of politically savvy assistants. Sapir, meanwhile, has passed...
Hussein reportedly briefed other Arab leaders on his proposals before the palace speech, and promised not to undermine Egypt's efforts to negotiate a reopening of the Suez Canal. Perhaps for that reason, the reaction of other Arab nations was angry-but not nearly so angry as it might have been. The militant government of Iraq, which is fanatically opposed to Hussein, refused to receive a delegation that the King sent to explain his proposals. In Cairo, the semi-official newspaper Al Ahram charged that the proposals had been "inspired by the CIA to liquidate the Palestine question...
...diplomat and foreign affairs adviser; of a stroke; in Jerusalem. An ordained rabbi and graduate lawyer, Herzog was an intelligence expert in the underground before Israel became independent. Afterward he quietly served a succession of prime ministers. He was David Ben-Gurion's closest counselor during the 1956 Suez-Sinai campaign, and following the war used his cordial relationship with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to help resolve U.S.-Israeli differences. Herzog was director-general of the Premier's office for Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir, service that earned him the sobriquet "the Henry Kissinger of Israel...
...number of reasons for talking to Israel. They want neither another Middle East war nor confrontation with the U.S., and communication with Israel is one way to help avoid either. They also feel disadvantaged because Washington is still represented in both Cairo and Jerusalem. And they want the Suez Canal reopened; apparently they hope that the offer of better relations with Moscow might persuade Israel to pull back troops from the canal...
...dump crops because they were barred from their usual markets in those countries. Shipment of phosphate, Jordan's principal export, was barred by Syria. As a result, Turkey now buys phosphate from Israel. Imported goods are brought in through Jordan's single port of Aqaba. Because the Suez Canal is blocked and ships must go around Africa, prices of imports have risen...