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Egyptian envoy meets with US Secretary of State secretly urging American diplomacy to begin Israeli withdrawal from Sinai; US does not act on Egyptian initiative; Israel nixes approach.
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Egyptian envoy meets with US Secretary of State secretly urging American diplomacy to begin Israeli withdrawal from Sinai; US does not act on Egyptian initiative; Israel nixes approach.
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Egyptian President Sadat and Syria launch surprise military attacks on Israel; US and USSR relations reach crisis levels when Moscow and Washington face off in potential nuclear confrontation defending their respective allies; back-down results and diplomacy ensues. Arab oil producing states impose oil embargo on western nations that support Israel.
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Resolution passed, calling for cease fire and direct negotiations between the parties, an objective Israel had repeatedly sought if negotiations were to take place between them and Arab states.
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From Cairo, three weeks of direct E-I military/ political talks result in shaping the cease-fire agreement and outline of respective military disengagement from one another. It will be signed in January 1974.
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