Word: jordanian
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...Palestinian problem in all its aspects." Cairo is also prepared to accept a lengthy transition period (probably five years) for the West Bank, hoping that the region would gradually develop permanent links with Jordan. During that period, Israeli forces would be withdrawn and replaced by U.N. and Jordanian forces. An agreement on the complex question of Jerusalem must also be reached; at the Vatican last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan discussed the matter with Pope Paul VI, who advocates a "special statute" assuring free access to Jerusalem's holy places...
...that stands as a reminder of the late 1950s and '60s, when Moscow and Cairo were on friendly terms. U.S. officials insisted that this stopover was announced at the last minute because Carter's visit with Hussein had not been confirmed and the President wanted the Jordanian's views before seeing Sadat again. The visit, these officials added unconvincingly, only incidentally involved the fact that Sadat was concerned about Carter's pretrip press conference statement...
...King spoke optimistically about bringing even the Syrians into the talks once the Israelis had agreed to the principle of withdrawal from the occupied territories. Ideally, the King would like to see the West Bank rejoined to his kingdom in the form of a federation of Palestinian and Jordanian states under his Hashemite crown. But since he does not want to arouse the ire of radical Arabs by seeming to covet the West Bank against the will of the Palestinians, Hussein proposes a plebiscite for the West Bank and Gaza under U.N. auspices...
Both history and the river set the Egyptian apart from the desert Arabs, who are Semites. By contrast, a Hamitic strain prevails in the blood of Egypt's river people. Outsiders often have difficulty distinguishing a Syrian from a Jordanian, or either from a Lebanese. But an Egyptian stands out. His Arabic accent is different, and his speech is peppered with odd words, some dating from the pharaohs, some borrowed from visiting?or conquering?Europeans. Although Egypt is a predominantly Muslim land with a large Coptic minority, its customs differ from those of its Islamic neighbors. In Saudi Arabia...
Jerusalem. Israelis have vivid memories of the 1948-67 Jordanian rule, when the city was divided. Jews were illegally denied access to the ancient Temple's Western Wall and the Jewish quarter of the Old City was looted and damaged. Muslims answer that the Old City is, and traditionally has been, mainly Arab in population and that they should have it back...