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OSLO, Norway--menachem Begin and a representative for Anwar Sadat accepted the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize at a royal ceremony yeaterday. while 5000 Norwegians marched in protest nearby...
CAIRO, Egypt--Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance opened a new round of shuttle diplomacy yesterday in an effort to revive the Mideast peace talks by meeting for 90 minutes with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat...
...Secretary of State Vance, the two principals nudged their way reluctantly, morosely toward something that might pass for agreement. One thing that might serve to lure them closer together is the Nobel Peace Prize, which the two are due to receive on Dec. 10. But Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat were slouching toward Oslo, counting every pace and grumbling over every step...
...then, the delay? It was Anwar Sadat, with U.S. backing, who balked this time. The text did not include a timetable for concluding negotiations for Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank, and it was this timetable that lay at the heart of Sadat's proposals for "linkage" between a treaty and the pursuit of a wider peace in the Middle East. Nor did the document take into account Sadat's new suggestion that in devising the plan for Palestinian autonomy, the negotiators should concentrate first on Gaza, then turn later to the question...
...Anwar Sadat proposed this month that Gaza be used as the starting point for negotiating local autonomy for the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza. He reasoned that Gaza I was of less importance to the IsraeIis than the West Bank; this is true for religious and emotional reasons and once the peace treaty with Egypt is signed, it will also be true for military reasons. Besides, only about 500 Jewish settlers live in Gaza, vs. 5,000 in the West Bank. Sadat also suggested that during the interim period, the Egyptians set up a liaison office in Gaza...