Word: homeland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shimon Peres?who was admittedly a hawk as Defense Minister, but who had expressed in principle his belief that Israel could return occupied territories in exchange for real peace. Begin's determined, possessive attitude toward the West Bank and Gaza?ruling out any possibility of establishing there a Palestinian homeland, which is one of Carter's essential conditions for peace ?raises serious questions about how much there is to negotiate. Beyond that, there are questions about how long it will take Begin to form a government and, indeed, how long it might last. "We're just going to have...
Begin soon became commander of Irgun, which was diametrically opposed to the methods of the Jewish Agency, headed by Ben-Gurion and other Zionist socialists. The agency sought a Jewish homeland through negotiation with the British and was willing to settle for a Jewish state coexisting with an Arab one in Palestine. The Irgun demanded all of Palestine and Transjordan; its motto: "Judea collapsed in fire and blood...
...Palestinian homeland, to satisfy one of three elements that Carter considers essential to a settlement...
...both sides had anticipated, no breakthroughs were made at Geneva. Repeating his statement to a Clinton, Mass., town meeting in March, however, Carter declared that "there must be a resolution of the Palestine problem and a homeland for the Palestinians." Assad agrees with other Arab leaders that the creation of a Palestinian state is required for peace. In Jeddah, meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd-who will visit Washington next week-suggested to newsmen that the Palestine Liberation Organization would be willing to recognize Israel's right to exist in return for a Palestinian state...
...correct. From Jerusalem's viewpoint, the scenario has several flaws. First of all, Israel sees no profit in recognizing the P.L.O. or being recognized by it. Second, Israel will under no circumstances recognize an independent state on the West Bank, although it would accept some kind of Palestinian homeland federated with Jordan. Third, Israel considers Jerusalem nonnegotiable, and will never return to the "indefensible" 1967 borders along the Golan Heights and in Sinai. Says a spokesman: "There must be no difference between our political borders and our defensible borders...