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...HOFFMANN'S VIEW of the final settlement--what he feels should be Israel's view--is withdrawal to the pre-1967 war boundaries, with modifications in Jerusalem, in return for recognition and security guarantees. He suggests that a step-by-step approach is possible only within the contest of a larger settlement, and offers his notion of possible guarantees: "For a long period both sides will have to be militarily separated. The aim ought to be the stationing in the Sinai, at Sharmel-Sheikh, in the Golan Heights, and in those portions of the Golan Heights, that are geographically closest...
...this way, Hoffmann would avoid the debacle of the United Nations Emergency Force, withdrawn from the Sinai in 1956 and 1967 at President Nasser's request, steps which resulted...
PERHAPS THE MOST interesting and provocative points in the entire plan concern the Palestinians. Hoffmann calls for self-determination for Palestinians on the West Bank and in Gaza, and says that Israel should be prepared to negotiate withdrawal from the West Bank with the PLO and thereby obtain de facto recognition. His notion, though somewhat ambiguous in the article, is for a Palestinian state on the West Bank, perhaps in Gaza. Thus he wants Israel to relinquish territory to the PLO for the creation of a Palestinian State, but does not demand that such a state, at the outset, recognize...
THIS PROPOSAL is exactly the kind which generally cause supporters of Israel to scoff. The thought of turning over territory to an organization which has dedicated itself to murdering Israeli civilians, without first requiring that that organization formally recognize Israel's right to exist would seem dangerous folly. But Hoffmann is suggesting such a development only in the context of a general settlement. In short, if Syria and Egypt recognize Israel, if the United States and the Soviet Union are joint guarantors of Israel's security, the PLO refusal to extend Israel recognition becomes irrelevant. Palestinian spokesmen themselves have acknowledged...
...Hoffmann said this week that renunciation of the use of force by the Palestinians would be the minimum that Israel could expect. He also said that the West Bank could be developed into a viable state, noting that it is agriculturally fertile: "Who would have thought that pre-1947 Jordan would be viable?" One of Hoffmann's major points, which he emphasized in his interview with the Crimson, is that he is not suggesting that Israel withdraw to the pre-june 5, 1967 boundaries and then see what happens. He is suggesting that Israel propose a withdrawal, agree to deal...