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...member Arab delegation, led by King Hassan II of Morocco. The group had been appointed by the Arab summit conference that met at Fez, Morocco, last month to explore Reagan's plan to solve the Palestinian problem by linking the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to Jordan. The Arabs at Fez had come closer than ever before to a recognition of Israel's right to exist, but the President hoped to extract a more explicit commitment from his visitors. "We believe the time has come to stop talking about talking about peace...
...asked specifically for the removal of Israeli troops from his country. The effect of these remarks was to move Lebanon a notch or two closer to the position of the majority of Arab states, which favors the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip...
...main subject of their discussions was President Ronald Reagan's plan to establish Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that would be associated with Jordan in exchange for Arab recognition of Israel's right to exist. Arafat said that the plan had "some positive elements," although he criticized its rejection of full Palestinian statehood. Still, there was some reason for encouragement in Arafat's seeming openness to consider the idea. "Reading between the lines," said an Administration official, "I think there is a realization on Arafat's part that the Reagan...
Although the Israelis won the military battle in Lebanon, they lost the political war in the eyes of the world [Sept. 27]. It is now time for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, give up the West Bank and Gaza, and recognize the Palestinians' right to become a nation...
...Israel's right to exist and the status of Israeli settlements in the desert. The second, "The Framework for Peace in the Middle East," would outline the procedure for reaching a broader agreement on the more difficult questions of the rights of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza and how those disputed territories would be governed...