Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with the Palestine Liberation Organization; they do not want to desert the settlements. They created settlements on the Golan Heights, in the Jordan Valley and in the Sinai. So we're in good company. As for the solution, they say they are for a territorial compromise [in the West Bank] but a meaningful one. If such a proposal is brought up by the other party, we shall consider it, negotiate over it, but this is not our plan. I think that there are better chances for the administrative autonomy that we proposed rather than trying to draw a partition line...
Peres: I disagree with the Israeli government's attitude. The declaration of principles might even bring Jordan's King Hussein into the peace negotiations. If I were in power, I would tactically conclude first the declaration of principles about the future of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Afterward I would conclude the negotiations on Sinai. I do not believe we can reach agreement with the Egyptians on Sinai without having reached an agreement in principle on the future of the West Bank and Gaza. The next step would be to announce our preference for a territorial compromise that...
...FUTURE OF THE WEST BANK...
Dayan: We do not rule out negotiations and discussions over the sovereignty of the West Bank. What we say is, let's discuss it toward the end of the five-year transition period. During the five-year period, we are going to pay more than half the price the Arabs are asking for? a down payment, a very substantial one?abolishing the military regime. I believe any Arab country, if it knows the other alternative is just to go on with things as they are, should accept that. We are not ready to make a precommitment. After five years...
Peres: To force the negotiations to move, we will have to call the Jordanians into the peace negotiations and suggest that they share with us the administration of the West Bank for the duration of the interim period. I would not exclude joint patrols, joint police forces and all other types of practical cooperation. [The Labor Party] has already agreed to U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 for withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied territories. The Vienna document put forth by Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky and former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and drafted by Abba Eban is more clearly defined...