Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...talks alternating between Egyptian and Israeli towns produced the Camp David Accords in 1979. It is the only existing peace treaty between the Jewish state and any of its Arab neighbors. The Israelis see no reason to abandon a framework that worked in the past...
...only would closer proximity to Jerusalem allow top Israeli officials to participate in the talks on a regular basis, but also travelling from Israeli to Arab towns would de facto signify recognition of Israel's right to exist...
Alternating between Arab and Israeli towns, says Israeli Consul-General for New England Yaakov Levy, would have a secondary effect of sensitizing indigenous populations to the new attitude of peace in the region...
...Citizens," Levy said of the Egyptian and Israeli populations in 1979, "gradually got the true sense that talks were going on. Egypt, like the other Arab states, does not allow freedom of the press. Seeing the motorcade pass through your village may be the only way a Syrian, Jordanian, or Lebanese knows that peace might exist with the Jewish neighbor...
...Arab states refuse to negotiate in Israeli towns lest it appear that Israel's right to exist had been accepted...