Word: jerusalem
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Only minor differences remained between Cairo and Jerusalem, and even these soon faded. The morning after Carter's return home, he received a telephone call from Jerusalem. The Israeli Cabinet, reported a hoarse and flu-ridden Begin, had unanimously endorsed the carefully worded U.S. compromise on the few disputed issues. Said Carter after the call: "This means that all of the outstanding issues in the negotiations between Egypt and Israel have now been successfully resolved...
...Carter substantially reduced the risks of future wars in the Middle East and made it possible for Egypt and Israel to enjoy the rewards of peace. In the Middle East, however, even peace has its risks, and they may prove to be substantial. At the very best, a Cairo-Jerusalem accord can only be a first step toward a general reconciliation of Israel with all its Arab neighbors. Central to this reconciliation is a resolution of the Palestinian question. In seven Arab towns on the West Bank, Palestinian crowds greeted last week's news with jeers and barrages of stones...
...pact as a bilateral deal that ignores broader Arab interests. Such a view could result in the near complete isolation of Egypt and Israel and in acts of terror against their leaders. Even today the possibility that a radical Arab assassination squad might murder Sadat haunts Washington and Jerusalem as well as Cairo. The disappearance of the courageous and moderate Egyptian leader could destroy whatever stability has been achieved by U.S. diplomatic efforts...
What was causing Carter problems ast week in Jerusalem was some new demands made by Sadat and points raised the Israelis. In the endgame of negotiations, however, minor points acquire enormous symbolic value, and each side may find it psychologically painful to make the final concession. Cairo was insisting that an Egyptian liaison office be stablished in Gaza immediately after the treaty is signed. Sadat called this a means of protecting the "human rights" of the Gaza Palestinians. And to ensure that Gaza attains autonomy on schedule even if there are delays on the West Bank, Sadat wanted a firm...
Begin insisted on an exchange of ambassadors between Cairo and Jerusalem one month after the completion of the first stage of Israel's Sinai withdrawal (ten months after the treaty signing). Such an exchange, the Israelis said, would be a dramatic symbol of the new, normalized relations between the two former enemies. But Sadat wanted the ambassadorial exchange to await the establishment of self-rule in Gaza and the West Bank, something that could take several years. He was concerned that, once the Israeli Star of David flag begins flying over an embassy in Cairo, some Arab states would recall...