Word: accords
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...agenda, defined by the Camp David accords, will deal with points related to the normalization of relations between the two countries. For the Egyptians, the major problem is the schedule of Israeli military withdrawal from the Sinai. In addition, the exact parameters of demilitarized zones and the stationing of U.N. peacekeeping troops will have to be settled. So will the status of U.S. monitoring stations that have been operating in the Sinai since the interim accord...
While the main outlines of an Egyptian-Israeli treaty were determined at Camp David, misunderstandings over the fine print of the accord could still lead to snags and delays. There could be disputes about the precise lines of the initial Israeli military withdrawal in the Sinai or the exact nature of the "normal relations" that both sides have promised to start up after the treaty is signed. Beyond that there is the question of how the Israeli settlements in the Sinai will be dismantled-a potentially explosive domestic issue for Begin's government (see box). It has been taken...
Following the provisions of the Railway Act, which was designed to prevent sudden, paralyzing rail shutdowns, the President appointed a fact-finding panel of three arbitrators to recommend terms of a settlement within 30 days. After that the Government will seek to prod both sides into an accord. If at the end of 60 days no agreement is reached, the union would be free to resume its strike. Under such circumstances, past Presidents have sought emergency legislation to avert another walkout. In 1971, for example, Congress imposed a settlement after a strike by railroad signalmen...
...majority's position rightly condemns Prime Minister Begin for his self-serving reinterpretations of the accord; but it does not parallely criticize Yasir Arafat's vows of accelerated violence, and Syrian Premier's Hafez Al-Assad's rejection of the accord on its face. Perhaps it is unrealistic to expect Syria and the P L O to lay down their arms so suddenly. But it is equally unrealistic to ask Israel immediately to grant nation status to the West Bank, when some Palestinian leaders still seek the destruction of Israel...
Despite the majority assertion that Israel gained all it needed from this accord, the nation actually compromised significantly, giving up the peninsula that served as a buffer from its most powerful enemy and accepting the goal of a West Bank state. This compromise was necessary and good, as a Palestinian state is both justified in its own right and essential to peace. But the majority errs in placing the burden for future gains solely on the Israelis by advocating that the Arab states wait and see what Israel will do. It fails to realize that Syria...