Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Israel's refusal to commit itself to eventual Arab sovereignty over the territories angered the Carter Administration and convinced a number of key U.S. officials that Begin was repudiating the professed willingness of past Israeli leaders to withdraw from at least major portions of the West Bank in accordance with U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, adopted...
...Vance's talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Egypt's Kamel at Leeds Castle in England. Then Sadat shook Washington by expelling the Israeli military mission from Egypt and stating that there could be no further talks with the Israelis until they agreed to evacuate all Arab territory...
...publicly criticized Sadat, saying that it was "very disappointed" by his action. The Israelis gloated that Sadat's moves showed that it was he and not Begin who was blocking a peace. The Administration disagreed. But it also worried lest the deadlock make Sadat and other Arab moderates vulnerable to radical demands for action; it is even possible that the Egyptian might be toppled or killed. And so Carter decided to gamble on a summit. Explains a top State Department aide: "We had to keep the momentum going to keep the moderates...
...Egypt, though it claims the right to maintain two military bases and several civilian settlements there. But even on this relatively simple matter, Sadat insists that he cannot sign a bilateral agreement with Jerusalem. He wants to link a Sinai accord with at least some progress (from the Arab viewpoint) on other fronts. By this he hopes to avoid charges that he is betraying the interests of other Arabs for the sake of a deal with Israel. Sadat thus has been trying to get Begin to accept a declaration of principles that at least sketches the framework of an ultimate...
Sadat sees the declaration of principles as an essential step toward an eventual Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories, because the declaration would, in effect, affirm Arab sovereignty over the lands. He said to the Knesset, "Our land does not yield itself to bargaining . . . We insist on complete withdrawal from these territories...