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...sticking point, in both cases, involves the future of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. Israel's plan would grant a limited degree of self-rule to the territories. Despite U.S. pressure, Jerusalem has refused to commit itself to giving eventual self-determination to the 1.1 million Palestinians living in the regions...
...Sadat proposal gave no ground either. It called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces and settlements from both territories, under the supervision of the United Nations. In a five-year transition period, during which a final agreement would be negotiated, the West Bank would be under Jordanian authority and Gaza returned to Egyptian protection. The plan also demanded the return of East Jerusalem to Arab authority; the Arab section of the Holy City has been formally merged with Israeli West Jerusalem since...
...deadlocked debate over the future of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, there is considerable merit in the arguments on both sides. Israelis have legitimate worries about security, while there is a growing world consensus that the Palestinians have a moral if not a juridical right to a homeland of their...
...herewith offers a proposal for resolving the Palestinian problem that takes into account both Israeli fears and Arab aspirations. The plan, which draws on the views of experts in the U.S., Israel and Egypt, rests on three assumptions. One is that continuing Israeli rule over the West Bank and Gaza, with their overwhelmingly Arab populations, would prove impossible in the long run. The second is that substituting an imposed Jordanian and/or Egyptian sovereignty over the area, except during a brief transition period, would equally frustrate Palestinian nationalist yearnings, and thus preclude a genuine Middle East peace. The third is that...
Political Structure. Israel would relinquish control over the West Bank and Gaza and withdraw to its pre-1967 borders. As envisioned by the architects of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which clearly seems to call for this withdrawal, there would be minor adjustments in the armistice lines of 1949, which bisected towns and villages and otherwise imposed easily remedied geographic hardships. More extensive border changes favoring Israel would be allowed, of course, with Arab approval. At the end of a predetermined period-perhaps five years-the West Bank and Gaza would be formally incorporated as a Palestinian homeland with...