Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sticking, he suggested, to the words of the original Camp David agreement? This would mean that Israel would drop its demands for Sinai oil and Egypt would do the same on the matter of a liaison office in Gaza. "Let's leave them for further negotiations," exhorted Dayan. But Begin and most of the Cabinet disagreed...
...this point, William Quandt, the National Security Council's Middle East expert, called Presidential Adviser Hamilton Jordan at the King David and glumly told him: "It's the end of the line." Recalled a senior U.S. aide later: "We were very, very down." As the meeting at Begin's office broke up, Ephraim Evron, Is rael's ambassador to the U.S., asked Brzezinski what he thought. "I don't think the Cabinet wants peace," answered the American. "No, no," Evron responded hurriedly. "Don't jump to conclusions. We can find ways...
...called "a very dismal" report. Carter was due to leave Israel that evening, and some of his bags had already been put into a guarded van outside the hotel. Judging that it was already too late to leave that day, however, the President decided to remain overnight and invite Begin to a farewell breakfast Tuesday morning. He would then fly to Cairo for a one-hour courtesy stop at the airport to brief Sadat. For four hours Monday evening, while Carter's plans remained uncertain, the highway from Jerusalem to Ben-Gurion Airport remained closed to provide absolute security...
...Begin arrived for breakfast, and Carter offered him Vance's proposals, which were not very different from those that Dayan had been urging the Israeli Cabinet to accept. The main points: ? Israel will drop its demand for preferential rights to buy guaranteed quantities of Egyptian oil if Cairo will sell oil to Jerusalem on nondiscriminatory commercial terms. The U.S. will extend to 15 years the five-year commitment that it made in 1975 to guarantee Israel's supply of oil if that country is unable to meet its needs on the world market. ?Egypt will drop its demand...
...Begin, who seems to have an exquisite sense of when the breaking point is near, suddenly became conciliatory. He said that he would present these "serious proposals" to his Cabinet. If it supported them, he added, they would be sent to the Knesset. And if the proposals were defeated there, his government would resign. Begin, in fact, was almost effusive as he bade Carter farewell at Ben-Gurion. Said he: "You came on the highest mission in humanity, for peace, and you have succeeded." Then he added: "Now, of course, it is the turn of Egypt...