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...Begin denied all suggestions that he was being belligerent. On the contrary, last December he submitted to the U.S. and Egypt a 26-point peace plan for the West Bank and Gaza, together with a promise at least to return the Sinai to Egyptian sovereignty. Washington judged the plan "a fair basis for negotiation," but did not fully endorse it. Instead, Carter asked the Israelis to explain what status they envisioned for the West Bank and Gaza at the end of the plan's five-year transition period. Jerusalem's vaguely worded reply merely promised that Israel would be willing...
...this he hopes to avoid charges that he is betraying the interests of other Arabs for the sake of a deal with Israel. Sadat thus has been trying to get Begin to accept a declaration of principles that at least sketches the framework of an ultimate peace settlement in Gaza and the West Bank. Their inability to agree on such a declaration was the main reason for the failure of last December's Sadat-Begin summit at Ismailia...
Linked closely with West Bank sovereignty is the issue of the Palestinians' right to self-rule. Israel is adamantly opposed to an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, and so it objects to unrestricted self-determination for residents of these areas. Israelis fear that a Palestinian state would be controlled by the Palestine Liberation Organization, a group that not only commits acts of terror but also is on record as calling for the destruction of Israel. Says Dayan: "Self-determination for the Palestinians means for us the destruction of the state of Israel...
...issue of Arab sovereignty vs. Israeli security, for example, he will try to nudge his visitors into trading Israeli concessions on the West Bank and Gaza for Egyptian compromises on Sinai and security for Israel. This could prompt creative talk about such concepts as Israeli phased withdrawals in return for confidence-building good will gestures by the Arabs. Further discussion could attempt to define which Palestinians would participate in the West Bank's administrative agencies and what Egyptian measures might strengthen Israel's security. The Administration has become increasingly sympathetic to Israeli security needs and recognizes that some
...result of this bargaining, Carter hopes, will be a formula calling for the transfer from Israel to moderate Palestinians of authority over the West Bank and Gaza. While these Palestinians will enjoy some self-determination, they will not be able to turn their area into an independent state, at least not for a predetermined and rather lengthy period...