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...Dayan provided the new cause for hope during lunch (filet de sole véronique) at the State Department when Vance asked: "What about Palestinian participation?" To his hosts' surprise, Dayan's reply showed some tiny signs of flexibility. He reiterated that Jerusalem remained unalterably opposed to seating a delegation from the Palestine Liberation Organization at the conference. Nonetheless, Israel might accept the presence of pro-P.L.O. Palestinians who are not members of the terrorist group. In response to another question from Vance, Dayan indicated that the Palestinians could be part of a Pan-Arab delegation...
...Dayan seemed less amenable to compromise on another issue raised by Vance: the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. The Foreign Minister rejected the American judgment that these settlements are obstacles to a peace agreement. Said he: "For us it is a matter of principle, of Jews being allowed to live anywhere in Eretz [Land of] Israel." Dayan added that his government would try not to be "provocative" about the settlements and insisted that Premier Menachem Begin was merely carrying out a policy created by previous Labor governments...
...press conference next day, Dayan carefully noted that the existence of the settlements would have no influence on the final drawing of territorial lines-even though Israel has no intention of giving up all the West Bank and retreating to its pre-1967 borders. The Foreign Minister left open the possibility that Israel would accept a Pan-Arab delegation at Geneva, if the composition of its membership could be agreed upon. "Geneva is closer, every day we get closer," he said. Dayan also had kindly words for Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat; both, he said...
...prove him right, Egypt's Fahmy refused to slam the door that Dayan had opened ever so slightly. Fahmy made it clear that the Egyptians have strong reservations about a Pan-Arab delegation. A member of his delegation explained later: "Eventually we would have to break down into subcommittees for serious negotiations at Geneva, and once again we would run into the problem of persuading Israel to negotiate with the P.L.O. representatives." Nonetheless, among the options not ruled out by Fahmy were: 1) a Pan-Arab delegation that would include Palestinians, some of them...
Although Administration officials recognized that little was accomplished during last week's bazaar bargaining, they achieved more than they had expected. Said a senior official: "We're encouraged but not ecstatic." Had anything definite been resolved in Dayan's private talks with Vance and Carter? Said another senior U.S. aide: "It will be another week at least before we see which way things are going." But even if they are headed in Geneva's direction, chances for full-scale talks between Arabs and Israelis are still very remote...