also for a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Canal to an agreed distance. Israel agreed. Thus far Egypt has not. In July 1972, the Prime Minister of Israel appealed to the President of Egypt to open a new chapter in the annals of the Middle East by sitting down to the negotiating table. On that occasion the Prime Minister clarified that for Israel the partial Suez arrangement does not bear the character of finality but is viewed as one step, after which additional steps would immediately follow until eventually a per- manent and agreed border had been established. 99. This is the record of the last six years. These are Israel’s continuous efforts to reach agreement with Egypt. This is the story of Egypt’s flight from peace. It is a story of rejected peace proposals, of opportunities for peace brushed aside, of efforts to bring the parties into meaning- ful exchanges undermined. Had Egypt reacted favourably to these opportunities, peace might have already been achieved. 100. Looming over these developments is a perturbing question: Has Egypt abandoned the ultimate objective of bringing about Israel’s destruction as an independent State? This is a question asked again and again whenever Egyptian leaders speak of Israel’s withdrawal as being only the first stage in a continuing struggle that will go on. It is a question which poses itself in the light of Egypt’s identifi- cation with terrorist organizations the avowed objective of which is Israel’s liquidation. It is a question which turns into grave suspicion of Egypt’s real intentions when Egypt and other Arab States boost the terrorist organizations and their aims in the United Nations by creating the issue of the so-called “inalienable rights of the Palestinians”, at the expense of the people of Israel, to the exclusion of the Jewish people’s inalienable rights to self-determination and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political and diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt, with a focus on the Middle East peace process and the parties' positions on territorial withdrawals and negotiations. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with references to international organizations and the United Nations. The text also touches on the issue of terrorism and the rights of the Jewish people to self-determination.

**Category**
International relations, Politics