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According to sources close to the talks, that is precisely what Hussein told Arafat last week. The King reportedly repeated his support of a Palestinian-Jordanian federation, an idea that the P.L.O. has rejected in the past. Hussein warned Arafat that the Palestinians might be forced to accept something like confederation, despite their desire for a separate nation. Arafat was told by Hussein and West Bank leaders that he had little time to lose: the Israeli settlement program in the West Bank was in effect annexing the area...
...inevitably raised some fears within the Arab world. The Syrians, hostile to Jordan and fearful of losing their role as a champion of the Palestinians, wasted no time in condemning the talks. The Syrian news agency reported that five of the 15 groups constituting the P.L.O. had blasted the Jordanian federation idea as a product of "American schemes" and "reactionary Arab regimes." Three of those groups disavowed that statement, however, and Arafat's leadership did not appear to be seriously threatened. Arab moderates like Saudi Arabia and Morocco, moreover, were quietly encouraging the Jordanian-Palestinian relationship...
...been the only leader in the region to support openly the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's separate peace with Israel and to endorse the Camp David agreements. Like Ronald Reagan, Qaboos feels that the most realistic possibility for a Middle East settlement is some form of Jordanian-Palestinian confederation once Israel has returned most of the West Bank to Jordan...
...retyped proposal arrived, and Sadat read it aloud, pausing occasionally to comment or to suggest a change. One came as a surprise; he made a new demand that Egyptian and Jordanian armed forces be allowed in the West Bank and Gaza. I objected strongly. Then we discussed Jerusalem, which everyone at Camp David recognized as the no-win issue. It was charged with emotion. Begin knew he represented Jews all over the world, and Sadat knew that in a way he was speaking for more than 500 million Muslims. I tried to convince Sadat that he would be better...
...most other Southern Baptists that the holy places we revered should be preserved and made available for visits by Christians, and that members of other religious faiths should have the same guaranteed privileges concerning their sacred sites. Prior to the 1967 war there were no such assurances; under Jordanian rule, the areas were often closed, and some holy places were vandalized...