Word: gaza
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Reagan's own plan envisions self-government by the Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip and eventual federation of those areas with Jordan, in return for Arab recognition of Israel's right to exist behind secure borders. American diplomats remain optimistic that after long consultations among Arab capitals, and between them and Washington, some Arab states will offer to negotiate on the basis of these proposals, and that Israeli yearning for peace will make the offer one Begin cannot refuse. The events of last week, says one State Department official, "make it more...
Speaking without a prepared text, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig described Reagan's call for a freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza as "a very serious mistake." The final status of those territories is "a thing for the local nations to decide, not for the U.S. to dictate"-clearly implying that Reagan is trying to do just that. His audience rose to its feet and loudly cheered Haig's concluding line: "When we are true to Israel, we are true to ourselves...
...Palestinians had other features designed to appeal to both the Arabs and the Israelis. The President ruled out an independent state for the Palestinians, knowing that the Israelis would never accept such an entity on their borders. Instead, Reagan suggested that the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip be allowed by the Israelis, who now hold the territories, to form some kind of loose federation with Jordan. Reagan also called on the Arabs to recognize at long last Israel's right to exist. And, trying to soothe Israeli fears, the President declared that...
...accomplished as Prime Minister. They were: 1) the bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor, 2) the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty, 3) the annexation of the Golan Heights, 4) Project Renewal, a nationwide slum rehabilitation program, and 5) the establishment of more Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza...
...coordinating their response to Reagan's peace plan. The international service organization B'nai B'rith last week praised one feature to which Begin most strongly objects. The Prime Minister had protested that Reagan's call for Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip "in association with Jordan" might open the way to a Soviet-dominated state ruled by the hated Palestine Liberation Organization. B'nai B'rith acclaimed Reagan's plan specifically "because it asks Jordan to take responsibility for negotiating directly with Israel on the future...