Word: israels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...themselves into confusion just when President Carter's Special Envoy Robert Strauss was due in London this week in an effort to provide some momentum. It was unclear what effect Dayan's resignation would have, but U.S. and Arab diplomats both regretted the loss of one of Israel's most flexible and imaginative leaders...
...Administration is dispatching Philip C. Habib, former Under Secretary of State and now a special adviser to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, for talks in Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and the Vatican. Habib hopes to persuade Jordan's King Hussein and Syrian President Hafez Assad to pressure the Palestine Liberation Organization into withdrawing its guerrilla forces in Lebanon north of the Litani River. Lebanese army units would be beefed up and U.N. peace-keeping forces (UNIFIL) increased from 6,000 to 10,000. At the same tune, Habib hopes to convince the Israelis that they must control...
...Kristof claims that the terrorist PLO has a "sincere desire for peace" and is in fact "privately...resigned to accept...Israel's existence as a fact of life." That is simply not the case. He evidently is referring to Arafat's acceptance of UN Resolution 3236, which the SCLC says recognizes Israel's right to exist, but in fact does not in any way. The Palestinian National Covenant of the PLO still calls for "armed struggle (as) the overall strategy" (Art. 9) and the "total liberation of Palestine" (Art. 21). wre these the slogans of an organization which wants peace...
...again, contrary to Mr. Kristof's assertion that the U.S. has never "required that Israel recognize the right of the Palestinians to have a homeland," Israel has signed the Camp David accords which expressly state that "the solution from the negotiations must also recognize the legitimate right of the Palestinians and their just requirements...
...Israel has time and time again expressed her desire for the resolution of the Palestinian problem. To that end they have been and still are meeting with Palestinians to discuss various solutions. They cannot however negotiate with the terrorist PLO, whose bargaining strategy continues to be murdering women and children in market places and schools.Jeremy Benstein Amy Wolfson '82 Harvard-Radcliffe Zionists Alliance