Word: israell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...troops to the Golan Heights. Assad, who has quarreled bitterly with the Iraqis, was bound to reject their dubious offer. His determination to solve his Lebanese dilemma was probably hardened by the success of the Camp David peace talks, which foreshadowed a separate peace between Egypt and Israel. Such a development would leave Israel free to concentrate its massive firepower on Syria and other "rejectionist" Arab states...
...Israel, Egypt and the U.S. begin peace treaty talks...
Indeed, it was Washington that had to resolve the basic issue of where and when the talks would be held. Egypt had proposed Ismailia, the town on the Suez Canal where Sadat met with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin last December; Israel wanted at least some of the talks to be held on its soil and suggested the Negev capital of Beersheba. Carter finally proposed Washington as a compromise. Shortly after the Camp David summit ended, the Egyptians suggested that talks might begin on Oct. 11-which is the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Remembering that Egypt had started...
...Israelis will seek to pin Egypt down on the exact nature of peace: that is, when ambassadors will be exchanged, what kind of commercial relations will be opened, and who will be permitted to use a new highway that will cross Israel and link the Sinai to Jordan. Finally, there is the question of where the treaty will be signed. Israel will opt for Jerusalem, Egypt for either Mount Sinai (Sadat's sentimental favorite) or Cairo. Failing agreement-and judging from obvious precedent-the site could turn out to be Washington...
Despite its happy outcome, the Camp David summit produced one significant conflict between the U.S. and Israel that could cloud this week's Washington peace talks. The issue: For how long a period did the Israelis agree that they would not build new settlements in the West Bank and Gaza? According to Washington, President Jimmy Carter and Premier Menachem Begin agreed that the would be a freeze on new Jewish settlements during the period that the future status of the two occupied territories was being negotiated - in short, for at freeze five years. According to Jerusalem, Begin agreed that...