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...sovereignty would take its place there. Our concept is that we should have the right not only to keep the present Israeli settlements but to go on buying more land and establishing more settlements on the principle that we should not be considered foreigners in the West Bank and Gaza. It is not a question of Arab sovereignty. It was a [British] mandate, and it was taken by force by the Jordanians and the Egyptians, and then it was retaken by force by us [in 1967]. So we do not accept their claim that it is sovereign Arab land...
...earlier this month, the Secretary noted that both plans 1) envision real peace for Israel, with normal relations with its neighbors, 2) recognize the necessity of detailed security assurances for Israel, 3) propose a five-year transition period and some sort of self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, though there are major differences about what form such a government would take...
...differences between the two sides centered on the so-called core issues: the applicability of U.N. Resolution 242 to the West Bank and Gaza, sovereignty of both areas, and the degree of Israeli withdrawal. To try to achieve some movement on these issues, Vance announced that State Department Troubleshooter Alfred Atherton Jr. will travel to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Israel this week to lay the groundwork for more talks. Vance himself will return to the Middle East to chair another meeting between the Israelis and the Egyptians in early August. Washington hopes to synthesize the positions...
...Brandt-Kreisky proposal calls for some Israeli withdrawal from each section of the occupied territories (Sinai, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Gaza), with the exact location of peace boundaries to be determined in negotiations. Other points: demilitarization where necessary in the territories to be surrendered, Israel's right to unspecified security measures, and the right of Palestinians to participate in negotiations that would determine their political future...
...meeting. Sadat was equally gloomy, but he nonetheless agreed to send Foreign Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Kamal in the hope that somehow his Jerusalem initiative might be revived. If the Israelis show interest in accepting the basic principle of Sadat's plan-custody of the West Bank to Jordan, Gaza to Egypt-then it will be viewed in Cairo as a sign of progress. In light of what the Egyptians feel is a hard line by Begin, Sadat has revised his timetable for peace. Says one of Sadat's top advisers: "We're now thinking in terms...