Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...participate in a Geneva Peace Conference only after it recognizes Israel s right to exist; that the boundaries of Isarel be a matter for negotiation; that "real peace" include not only an end to the state of belligerency but also full diplomatic and economic ties between Israel and the Arab states...
Sadat rejected Vance's suggestions and repeated a number of now familiar Arab positions: Israel must pull back from all the territories it captured in 1967; the Palestinians must be represented at a Geneva Conference; full relations between the Arabs and Israelis can only come a few years after the end of belligerency...
...with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, with Vance acting as a go-between. Because the working group" would fall short of being a formal conference, the P.L.O. probably need not be included. That would neatly circumvent Israel's refusal to negotiate with the P.L.O. as well as the Arab commitment to having the P.L.O. at Geneva...
...King Hussein at the luxurious Hashimiyeh Palace outside Amman, he had scrapped the working group" idea. The Syrians and Jordanians had apparently convinced him that any talks this fall will be strictly bilateral. More significantly, Vance said that the U.S. now preferred the kind of Geneva Conference the Arabs have in mind. Despite major differences on the question of Israeli withdrawals and the Palestinians, the Jordanians were happy with the results of the talks, now sensing that Washington is coming around to the Arab view on both issues. Jordan felt, said one senior official, "increasing support internationally...
After having touched base with the key Arab leaders, Vance this week arrives in Jerusalem to brief the Israelis. They do ot quite know what to expect, for the Sectary has not been consulting the Israeli leaders. Stated Naftali Lavie, Foreign Minister Dayan's spokesman: "We are totally in the dark." In his talks with Vance Premier Menachem Begin will probably balk at negotiating any substantive issues of a potential peace settlement. As he did during his summit with Carter last month Begin will focus on procedural points insisting that substantive points are better solved at a conference with...