Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been having domestic problems of his own, stemming largely from the very issue that has most upset Carter: the Israeli settlements policy. As he arrived in Washington, Defense Minister Weizman got word that Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon had ordered work started on two new settlements on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River in defiance of Weizman's order that they be stopped. In a heated call to Jerusalem, Weizman pleaded with Begin to halt work on the settlements until after the Premier's own Washington trip. "If only one tractor moves, I will fly back tomorrow...
...among the prominent Israelis who have begun to criticize it. The latest indication of Begin's scant willingness to make the kind of concessions that a peace agreement will require was his insistence that U.N. Resolution 242's requirement for Israeli withdrawal does not include the West Bank -a position at variance with that held by every Israeli government since the resolution was passed...
Many Israelis, who have long suspected that their Premier does not have the vision to grasp the opening provided by Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, saw Begin's interpretation of Resolution 242 as yet another stratagem to hold on to all of the West Bank-even if it meant abandoning the peace talks. The criticism did not yet threaten Begin's position as Premier, and it could well be muted in the wake of last week's atrocity. But much now depends on his talks in Washington. Should the Israelis conclude that Begin's intransigence...
...additional concessions. His main purpose, he said, would be to convey Egypt's latest negotiating position to the Israeli Premier and attempt to get direct Israeli-Egyptian talks resumed. He will advance Sadat's argument that the Egyptian President needs some indication of movement on the West Bank and Resolution 242 before talks can proceed. Specifically, the U.S. would like to see the Israelis put a moratorium on any new settlements...
...Aswan agreement I had only one thing to focus on. I didn't want more than to maintain the real magnitude of my victory on the ground. I didn't bother about the Israeli Deversoir pocket because I knew that they were my prisoners on the West Bank [of the Canal] and that their presence there meant their death. On the basis of defining and maintaining the real magnitude of my territorial victory, agreement was reached. Yet I was still in great mental anguish, because all the powers wanted to negate my victory. The United States certainly wanted...