Sinai Second Agreement: Assessment and reactions

Ariebi, Ali Taher

Sinai Second Agreement: Assessment and reactions

Abstract

Kissinger followed a unique policy in his mediation efforts between the Arabs and Israel by eliciting proposals from each side, getting preliminary reactions, identifying obstacles and then starting the diplomatic process in order to bridge the substantial gaps. On March the 10th 1975, President As-Sādāt presented to Kissinger concrete written proposals for onward transmission to the Israeli government. After being informed that the Israeli government had rejected these proposals, Kissinger, on March the 23rd, said that it was “a sad day for America which has invested hope and faith, and we know it is a sad day for Israel, which needs and wants peace so badly.”