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...main sticking point, as always, was "linkage"-the relationship between the pending Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and the pursuit of a broader peace that will, among other things, provide autonomy for the Palestinians of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. In the aftermath of the recent Arab summit conference in Baghdad, which condemned the Sadat peace initiative and the Camp David accords, the Egyptians are more determined than ever to prove to their Arab brethren that they are not selling out the cause by making a separate peace with the Israelis...
...Israeli-Egyptian treaty and broader peace negotiations was too strong. The document called for the two nations to begin practical negotiations on Palestinian self-government within a month of the treaty's signing. Six months later, general elections were to be held on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that would set up a functioning Palestinian administrative council...
...might be at hand. By that time the draft treaty had been revised at least seven times, and most of the problems had been either solved or sidestepped. Chief among these was the question of "linkage" between an Egyptian-Israeli treaty and further negotiations on the West Bank and Gaza. The two sides agreed to discuss the matter both in a preamble to the treaty and in separate letters that will be attached to the main document...
...moderates are hampered in what they say publicly by their hard-line compatriots, who regard as treason any sign of accommodation with the Israelis on the sovereignty issue. Mansur Al-Shawa, 39, son of the mayor of Gaza, foresees a "bloody situation" in the Israeli-occupied territories within the next few months unless moderates and hard-liners agree to make the best of Camp David...
...Mayor Karim Khalaf, 41: "The P.L.O. is Palestine and Palestine is the P.L.O. Without the P.L.O. there will be no negotiations at all." Israel, meanwhile, still flatly rejects any idea of P.L.O. participation in negotiations. Both Washington and Jerusalem want negotiations on the future of the West Bank and Gaza to include Jordan's King Hussein?a prospect the West Bankers view with mixed feelings. Many moderates believe that Jordanian rule over the territory between 1949 and 1967 was fully as objectionable as the Israeli occupation. Last month, when King Hussein voiced his own skepticism over the Camp David proposals...