Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arab leaders are gravely concerned about the Begin policy of encouraging new Jewish settlements on occupied territory, particularly the West Bank...
...General Assembly calling for a Palestinian homeland. Kaddoumi stressed repeatedly to Kroon that the resolution would not "modify or replace" Resolution 242. Asked if the P.L.O. demand for an independent Palestinian state meant all of Israel, Kaddoumi replied: "No, a portion. We would settle for the West Bank and Gaza." The Israelis, however, have made it clear that they will not surrender any occupied territory to the P.L.O...
...former Defense Minister Shimon Peres, repeated a longstanding promise. Israel could have an overall peace treaty with Jordan if it returned all the occupied territory. Hussein said in effect: "I am ready to open a Jordanian embassy in Israel, but you will have to pull out from the West Bank." Hussein also indicated that he was willing to negotiate along the lines of the Israeli formula-a little land for a little peace. In return for an eight-to ten-mile strip along the Jordan River, Jordan would sign a partial agreement. The alternative, he warned, was for Dayan...
...their talks, Dayan stressed Israel's worries about border security. If Jordan once again controlled the West Bank, he insisted, Palestinian guerrillas might easily slip into Israel to carry out terrorist attacks. The gist of Hussein's reply: "You now control the West Bank. You have your army, police and security services. Have you been able to stop the terrorists? I might even do better than you have done." In the end, Dayan proposed a "functional partition" of the West Bank in exchange for a nonbelligerency treaty. Under such an agreement, the Israelis would maintain Jewish settlements...
...convinced critics that Le Carré was a real writer, not a civil service dilettante. But the books sold modestly; David Cornwell clung to his true identity and his salary. Upon the publication of his third book, the novelist instructed his accountant to wire in the unlikely event that his bank account reached £20,000. At the time, Cornwell was the father of three growing boys; the magic figure was what he required to become a full-time writer...