Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Neither Foreign Minister helped matters. Arriving in Jerusalem, Kamel declared there could be no peace as long as Israel occupied Arab land, including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, and the Palestinian people were denied the right of self-determination. "Time is of the essence," he said, "so let us invest it to the maximum and not just see it slipping through our fingers." Later that day, Dayan told a press conference that Kamel's statement was like "holding a pistol to our heads" and the Egyptian should take such statements "back to Cairo with him." Thus even before Vance...
...Sinai, he will make it harder for Israel to retain other Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights. But he must also realize that to remain adamant on so marginal an issue as the Sinai settlements carries enormous risks. It could destroy Sadat, the Arab leader who told the Israelis two months ago, "We really and truly seek peace." It could also lead to a fifth Middle East war. In behalf of the old goals and the old rhetoric, Menachem Begin seems prepared to court such risks; whether his people agree is not yet clear...
Hussein praised Sadat's initiative in going to Jerusalem as "courageous, and representing the longings within the souls of so many in the Arab world, a step forward to bring things to a head." But, he added, "so far, we have no confidence that Sadat will be met by a similar response from Israel. Frankly, after all these years of trying hard to see any glimmer of hope, I am not optimistic...
Although Egypt's President has lately become the Arab world's principal peace negotiator, no leader in the past decade has tried harder than Hussein to reach an agreement with Israel. The King looks back on his efforts as failures: "Ever since 1967, we have made it clear-before the 1973 war-that if Israel were willing to withdraw from territory occupied in 1967, we would be ready to negotiate or do anything to achieve that end. Far from getting a promise, we did not succeed even in getting a disengagement with Israel in the Jordan Valley...
...would not hesitate one second to negotiate. But we need a set of principles to provide that light." What sort of principles? "Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories, with minor rectifications on a reciprocal basis on the West Bank [since borders there are cease-fire lines rather than logical boundaries], Arab sovereignty over East Jerusalem, the right of return or compensation for Palestinian refugees, and the placing of West Bank and Gaza occupied territory under international auspices until the inhabitants could exercise self-determination...