A Concise History of the Middle East

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Israeli territorial gains (1973)

Egyptian territorial gains (1973)

••• 1967 cease-fire lines

----- 1973 cease-fire lines

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MAP 18.2 The territorial situation at the end of the October 1973 war
period that would have to be renewed by the consent of both sides. De¬
spite some anxious moments at the end of each six-month period, Syria
and Israel have renewed the deal ever since. Kissinger came home to a
hero's welcome. Nixon, in peril due to Watergate, toured several Arab
states and Israel in June, trying to reap some credit for what Kissinger had
sown. However, Kissinger's achievement was not as great as it might have