Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That discouraging prospect was all the more frustrating to the U.S. since most of the outstanding issues had been settled. Indeed, according to an Israeli estimate, the draft peace treaty was "75% to 80%" complete. The two sides had reached agreement on such crucial issues as the end of the 30-year state of war and the establishment of relations, the exchange of ambassadors, the location of boundaries, the placement of troops and the role of United Nations forces, and Israeli navigation rights in the Gulf of Suez. Egypt and Israel had also reached a meeting of minds...
...block any constitutional changes. An equally significant clause promises that whites will retain control of the national army, police force, and civil service for at least ten years. Blacks will get the vote on an unrestricted basis for the first time in Rhodesian history, but the rest of the agreement makes one wonder what they will be able to do with that vote...
...have power independent of the whites. Muzorewa supports the current settlement because he feels assured of winning the popular elections; Sithole and Chirau are along for the ride. Muzorewa even accompanied Smith on his unsuccessful lobbying mission to the U.S. last month to drum up support for the interim agreement...
...Camp David agreement may cause a considerable division in the Israeli government because it will lead to the loss of certain autonomous Israeli settlements on the West Bank, Michael L. Walzer, professor of government, said last night at a lecture entitled "Israeli Politics After Camp David" in Phillips Brooks House...
...procedural agreements," Walzer said, significantly ensure two things: Negotiations on the specifics of a West Bank agreement will begin one month after the signing of the Camp David accord and these negotiations will establish an "autonomous Arab authority" in the area, although the exact nature of its sovereignty is unclear under the Camp David agreement...