US-Soviet Relations
The Geneva Conference was the last time that the US accepted the Soviet Union as a co-equal partner in Middle East peace efforts. Later, the marked shift in the allegiance of Egypt - a decades-long Soviet ally which abruptly moved into the American orbit - enabled the US to shut out the Soviets and assert a role as the sole mediator between Israelis and Arabs, manifested first in Israeli-Egyptian relations and later also in Israeli-Palestinian relations.
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