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Hillel was right about the Arab summit's appearing to be more judicious in its response to Reagan. Last year an Arab conference broke up after only 5½ hours because it could not agree on whether to support the peace plan proposed by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd, who has since become King. The Fahd plan implied that Israel had a right to exist, something the hard-line states, like Syria and Iraq, strongly opposed. This year the Arab leaders debated a similar plan for the best part of four days, and reached an agreement, although it was more...
...into the Camp David process, when he saw that it would not guarantee a return of East Jerusalem and the West Bank to Arab control. Hussein will not enter negotiations with the Israelis unless he has the approval of other Arab leaders, such as Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Iraq's President Saddam Hussein. King Hussein and Saddam were photographed chatting amiably at last week's Fez summit...
...withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon. Begin was incensed that Reagan's letter, outlining his proposals, was delivered only on Tuesday, a day after it had been transmitted to King Hussein of Jordan, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. American officials justified this procedure on the ground that before they could communicate it to Israel, they had to have some indication that the Arab countries would at least discuss the plan...
...that Arab states will eventually agree to negotiate on the basis of Reagan's proposals, or some variation of them. That is possible, but far from assured. Although the initial response of Arab leaders was muted, State Department officials say that the private reaction was favorable. Saudi King Fahd was said to be "upbeat." An additional reason for the Administration's speed-up in presenting its own plan was to influence Arab deliberations at the Fez summit. At best, the summit might have endorsed an eight-point plan advanced last year by King Fahd. While that plan contains...
...then let them kill us all now and get it over with, and let you and the U.S. bear the consequences." Wazzan's performance was both heartfelt and effective. So was the telephone call that P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat made that day to Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, asking for his assistance in stopping the onslaught. Enraged by what Arafat told him about the ongoing bombing, Fahd promised to call Reagan and demand that the carnage cease. And so he did, reaching the White House scarcely ten minutes before Reagan got through to Begin...