Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then, the delay? It was Anwar Sadat, with U.S. backing, who balked this time. The text did not include a timetable for concluding negotiations for Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank, and it was this timetable that lay at the heart of Sadat's proposals for "linkage" between a treaty and the pursuit of a wider peace in the Middle East. Nor did the document take into account Sadat's new suggestion that in devising the plan for Palestinian autonomy, the negotiators should concentrate first on Gaza, then turn later to the question...
...annex to the treaty, dealing with future diplomatic, cultural and economic relations between Israel and Egypt. As it turned out, the dry, legalistic documents contained references to the pursuit of a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, but no timetable for achieving local autonomy on the West Bank and in Gaza...
...Israelis were in no mood to take the linkage question much further than the oblique reference in the treaty preamble to "a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict in all its aspects." The Israelis want to retain a free hand in dealing with the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza; and they are fearful that, if a future agreement with the Palestinians should fall apart, it could jeopardize their peace with Egypt. Accordingly, the Israelis bluntly described the draft treaty as a sort of final offer; Moshe Dayan called it a "take it or leave it" document...
...short, Washington is still holding out for a timetable for West Bank negotiations, to begin within a month of the signing of the peace treaty and to conclude by Dec. 31, 1979. First, however, there is that other timetable: if Sadat and Begin expect the celebration in Oslo to have any real meaning, they had better reach an agreement soon...
Anwar Sadat proposed this month that Gaza be used as the starting point for negotiating local autonomy for the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza. He reasoned that Gaza I was of less importance to the IsraeIis than the West Bank; this is true for religious and emotional reasons and once the peace treaty with Egypt is signed, it will also be true for military reasons. Besides, only about 500 Jewish settlers live in Gaza, vs. 5,000 in the West Bank. Sadat also suggested that during the interim period, the Egyptians set up a liaison office in Gaza...