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...Israelis insist that declarations of Arab nonbelligerency have not protected them in the past. Neither did the Security Council's guarantee of free passage in the Strait of Tiran when Israel withdrew after the 1956 Suez campaign; the U.N. did not prevent Egypt from blockading the Strait just before the June War. Therefore withdrawal from the occupied territories in exchange for such concessions from the Arabs is unacceptable to the Israelis. What they want is more time. By simply sitting tight since the Six-Day War, the Israelis argue, they have induced the Arabs to hold indirect talks through...
...cause against Israel, but they were far more interested in commerce than in aggressive politics. The Beirut government dutifully declared war against Israel during last year's Six-Day War-and sent two fighters on a sortie southward toward Tel Aviv. When one was shot down, Lebanon happily withdrew from the campaign, its duty done...
...willing to forego the gain of a Senate seat. Jackson, however, was advised by fellow Democrats that he would be foolish to surrender 16 years of seniority for the politically hazardous post of Defense Secretary, where he could become a lightning rod for criticism from his own party. Jackson withdrew a week before Nixon wanted to announce the Cabinet...
...Wadleigh withdrew his promise Saturday afternoon because the remaining sanctuary group was small and tired and the possibility of panic no longer existed, the editor added...
...Communists withdrew by running...