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...problem is a deadlock in the negotiations over autonomy for the 1.1 million Palestinian Arabs of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Resolution of the issue is regarded by Washington as a matter of the highest importance. Moderate Arab leaders have warned the Carter Administration that unless the problem is solved, the U.S. will be unable to offset Soviet influence in the region by forming strong and unambiguous alliances with the Muslim Middle East...
...weeks ago, the Israelis offered a 26-page proposal for the West Bank and Gaza. It calls for the creation of an eleven-member Palestinian council that would handle education, housing, social welfare and religious affairs. But the Israelis would retain control over such vital areas as use of public land, water resources, internal security, Jewish civilian settlement, fuel and power, and currency...
...Saudis. "Israel is ready to pay a price for peace," declared Burg, "but Israel is not prepared to be the price of peace." Last week the White House assured the Israelis that it was still opposed to the creation of an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza...
...must concentrate on solving the Palestinian problem before thinking about military strategy." The Israelis insist that autonomy means only a limited measure of self-rule for the Palestinians; the Egyptians argue that there must be steps of substance toward the ultimate goal of independence for the West Bank and Gaza...
...quick to assure him that he was not orchestrating a "good cop, bad cop" approach to the summit. In an effort to end the stalemate, Sadat offered a new two-part proposal: an overall agreement on autonomy for the occupied territories, which would be first put into effect in Gaza. The 146-sq.-mi. strip along the Mediterranean was under Egyptian administration from 1948 until 1967, and does not carry the emotional and religious overtones for Israeli nationalists that the West Bank does. Begin promised that he would discuss the proposal with his Cabinet. "Autonomy is a novelty," he said...