Word: israell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sinai. Israel this week will submit to Egypt a detailed timetable for the initial withdrawal of its forces from the Sinai Peninsula. Israeli troops will pull back until, nine months after the signing of the treaty, they are all positioned east of a line running from El Arish to Ras Muhammad, the southernmost tip of the Sinai. Over a three year period, Israel will remove its military forces and settlers from all of the Sinai. Most of the area will be demilitarized; Egypt can station only a single division on the peninsula and only within 31 miles of the Suez...
...nearly all of the major issues at the September summit, which ended with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signing two accords. The first was an outline of a comprehensive Middle East peace; the second was a general description of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Highlights of the overall settlement, including the details worked out last week...
Egyptian-Israeli Relations. One month after the Israeli forces have moved behind the El Arish-Ras Muhammad line, both countries will exchange ambassadors and establish normal diplomatic relations. Egypt will end its economic boycott of Israel and grant Israeli ships and cargoes the right of passage through the Suez Canal. Israel will be permitted to buy oil from the Sinai fields that will be returned to Egypt. If Israel runs short of oil during the next 15 years, the U.S. has promised to make up the difference. Egypt and Israel will open their borders to each other's citizens...
...ratified and be completed within twelve months. Elections of Palestinian local councils, the first step toward self-government, are to be held promptly, though no date is specified. One month after self-rule is working, Israeli military forces on the West Bank and Gaza will be withdrawn behind Israel's 1949 borders. There will then begin a five-year transition period, during which the final status of the West Bank and Gaza will be negotiated. Still to be decided is the eventual fate of Israeli settlements and whether Israel will retain military outposts on the West Bank. If West...
...history of Israel's relationship with its Arab neighbors is one of war, unending distrust and attempts by other nations both to exploit and to end those disputes. The major milestones...