Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dayan: The main point of disagreement is the Egyptian concept that there should be a commitment by Israel before the five-year transition period starts by which Israel would undertake to withdraw settlements and soldiers and everything from the territories and that an Arab sovereignty would take its place there. Our concept is that we should have the right not only to keep the present Israeli settlements but to go on buying more land and establishing more settlements on the principle that we should not be considered foreigners in the West Bank and Gaza. It is not a question...
...agreement, I do not close my eyes [to the difficulties]. I know that there are major problems and that some are objectively difficult to solve. In my talks with President Sadat, I got the impression that there is no real call for the redivision of Jerusalem. Yet the Arab position is to demand their own flag raised in the city. Concerning changes on the frontiers, Sadat does distinguish between the Sinai, which has a recognized international border, and the West Bank, where all the lines resulted from wars. On [Israel's] military presence, I feel that it could be negotiable...
...previous Administrations had postponed. In the Middle East, the most dramatic moves have been made not by the U.S. but by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. However, Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance have carefully strengthened the U.S. role as an honest broker to whom both Israel and moderate Arab states can turn...
...witnesses, cursed Peres in Russian and Polish. He also disclosed that Peres had met secretly with King Hassan II of Morocco in Rabat following the Sadat talks and "even dared to ask my permission to meet with [Jordan's] King Hussein." Labor Party officials seeking future meetings with Arab leaders, he warned, would not be issued passports. TIME has learned that Hussein, who was honeymooning in England, had requested a meeting with Peres through former King Constantine II of Greece. Peres called and asked for Begin's permission; he was turned down...
...Camille Chamoun, who have been engaged in a bloodletting feud with forces loyal to former Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh, also a Christian. Although most observers believed that the supplies would be the only Israeli help, Damascus nonetheless warned that any overt intervention by Israel could mean a new Arab-Israeli...