Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israel to withdraw its forces from the Sinai Peninsula in stages over the next three years. Egypt has agreed to establish peace and give Israel full national recognition. But the treaty skirts the most difficult issue: how much autonomy the Israelis should give the Palestinians on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. Negotiations will be attempted between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and the world will wait...
...Kling, president of Landmark Bancshares of Missouri, who used to work with U.S. Trade Negotiator Robert Strauss, helped raise money for the gala. Acting on White House authority, he persuaded at least 13 companies and banks (including Xerox, Bank of America and Chase Manhattan Bank) to ante up 5,000 tax-deductible dollars apiece. The White House did not say how much it raised for the dinner, which cost more than $80,000. Anything extra would come out of the State Department's entertainment budget. When questions were raised about the propriety of soliciting private cash, the White House...
...followed up. If it is not, it could cause more harm than good." Ball suggests several steps Washington should soon take. For one thing, he urges the Administration to open "immediate, direct discussions with the Palestine Liberation Organization so that the Arabs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank can feel that they have some representation." According to Ball, Washington's recently repeated offer to negotiate with the P.L.O. only if it recognizes Israel is evidence that the Administration is "not biting the bullet...
...another thing, Ball urges "an outright declaration by the U.S. that the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are not a lesser breed and that they have the right to self-determination." In the context of a final peace settlement, moreover, Ball suggests that the U.S. consider establishing a military base on the West Bank in order to reassure both sides of the American determination to help keep the peace...
...night of the treaty signing, and similar festivities took place throughout the country. Still, the mood of the celebrations was more restrained than free spirited as Israelis looked ahead apprehensively to arduous negotiations with the Palestinians about how much autonomy their old enemies should have on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. And, as the Israelis realized, the hard-won peace with Egypt would not deliver them from the high taxes, the steepening inflation and the ever present army reserve requirements that they have faced in the past...