Word: hafez
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Palestinians On this "mother issue," as Syria's President Hafez Assad calls it, the two sides seemed wider apart than ever. The Arabs insist on Palestinian representation in Geneva. But Begin last week reiterated Israel's refusal to deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization, which he called a group of "demented genocidists...
...Vance had two sessions with Sadat and one with Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy before departing Egypt for a four-hour stop in Lebanon, where he pledged $142 million in military and economic aid. Then on to Damascus for a 3½hour session with Syria's President Hafez Assad who promptly shot down the whole idea of the working group." In a 45-minute news conference, the Syrian leader explained: "There is a possibility that this working group would be looked upon as a competitor to the Geneva Conference, and I do not think that any of us would...
...would resolve three fundamental issues: the nature of peace for Israel, the borders of the warring states, and the fate of the Palestinians. In his search for settlement, the President has met with Egypt's Anwar Sadat, Jordan's King Hussein, Saudi Arabia's Prince Fahd and Syria's Hafez Assad, in addition to Begin...
Carter had a chillingly unsuccessful meeting with Begin's predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin, last March, and warm ones with four key Arab leaders: Egypt's Anwar Sadat, Syria's Hafez Assad, Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd. Despite serious and perhaps insurmountable policy differences with Israel, Administration officials are doing their best to downplay the prospect of a clash between Carter and Begin. "There will be significant differences of opinion," says one official involved with the advanced planning, "but they are not going to be throwing chairs at each other...
...Israel by the Ford Administration. Vance came home convinced that the Arabs were more flexible than the Israelis, and he said so. In meetings with Middle East leaders, Carter got on famously with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat, Jordan's King Hussein, Syria's President Hafez Assad and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd -but not at all well with Israel's then Premier, Yitzhak Rabin. Then the President alarmed Jews when he called for a homeland for Palestinians, suggested that Israel withdraw from almost all of the territory it had seized...