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...last minute Carter achieved a victory of presidential diplomacy that has brought Egypt and Israel to the threshold of peace after 30 years of enmity and four brutal wars. By his daring and persistent personal intervention, Carter fundamentally altered the geopolitical equation in the volatile Middle East. He also strengthened his own standing both at home and overseas...
...considerable diplomatic achievement, Carter substantially reduced the risks of future wars in the Middle East and made it possible for Egypt and Israel to enjoy the rewards of peace. In the Middle East, however, even peace has its risks, and they may prove to be substantial. At the very best, a Cairo-Jerusalem accord can only be a first step toward a general reconciliation of Israel with all its Arab neighbors. Central to this reconciliation is a resolution of the Palestinian question. In seven Arab towns on the West Bank, Palestinian crowds greeted last week's news with jeers...
Peace also poses a risk for Washington. If the U.S. comes to be regarded as the architect of a strictly bilateral Egyptian-Israeli settlement, it too could become dangerously alienated from the rest of the Middle East. With Iran now in unfriendly and potentially hostile hands, Washington cannot afford too great a loosening of its ties with Saudi Arabia, a country strongly committed to pan-Arab interests. To assure moderate Arab states of the U.S. dedication to a general Middle East settlement, Carter is dispatching a high-level delegation on a rush visit to Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Reflecting...
...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...
...after the Camp David summit. In fact, negotiations were completed on a framework for settling nearly all of the major issues at the September summit, which ended with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signing two accords. The first was an outline of a comprehensive Middle East peace; the second was a general description of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Highlights of the overall settlement, including the details worked out last week...