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...coalition handily turned back a no-confidence motion introduced by the Labor Party by a vote of 70 to 35. But Israel's internal debate over its response to the Egyptian peace initiative continued. Last week TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dean Fischer and Correspondent David Halevy interviewed Foreign Minister Dayan and Opposition Leader Shimon Peres concerning the differences in their positions on the major issues that face Israel. Their answers...
...Dayan: The main point of disagreement is the Egyptian concept that there should be a commitment by Israel before the five-year transition period starts by which Israel would undertake to withdraw settlements and soldiers and everything from the territories and that an Arab sovereignty would take its place there. Our concept is that we should have the right not only to keep the present Israeli settlements but to go on buying more land and establishing more settlements on the principle that we should not be considered foreigners in the West Bank and Gaza. It is not a question...
...Dayan: We have agreements and disagreements with the opposition. The Labor Party does not accept a Palestinian state; they would not accept going back to the old [1967] lines; they would not accept negotiating 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...
...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...
...Dayan: I am not worried about the possibility that the Egyptians do not want to make any move, but I am worried about the main question of whether they are in a position to make a peace over the West Bank and Gaza. Sadat says the Palestinian issue is the heart of the problem. But in that case, he has to have King Hussein and the Palestinian Arabs sitting with him in his delegation. From what I hear and know, King Hussein is very reluctant to come into negotiations without Syria. And [Syrian President Hafez]Assad is saying "I cannot...