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Athough the sputtering "peace process" begun at Camp David may be heaving its last, a plan for joint Jordanian-Palestinian-Israeli administration of West Bank territory presently occupied by Israel offers some hope of revival. The proposal brings the possibility of negotiation between Israel, Jordan and moderate Palestinian Arabs in the territory--and merits America's firm support...
...motivation for continued possession of the West Bank is fear. Before 1967, Egyptian troops sat 35 miles from Tel Aviv; today Israel is protected by a peace treaty with Egypt and a wide stretch of desert between them. Before 1967, Israel's population centers were within rifle range of Jordanian troops; today 40 miles of desert and a river separate Jordan from most Israelis. Before 1967, much of northern Israel was vulnerable to Syrian fire from the Golan Heights; today Israel controls, and indeed has formally annexed, that strategic plateau...
...neither politicized nor violent but want merely to be left alone to live in peace. Yet most West Bank Arab leaders would probably argue that political grievances are what bind the Palestinians together. "What the Israelis want for themselves, we want for ourselves," says Tawfik Amer, 63, a former Jordanian diplomat. "I do not deny the Israelis their state or their way of life, and they cannot deny me the same." Indeed, there is little doubt that the younger generation of Palestinians has become increasingly radicalized, particularly the university graduates for whom there are few jobs and little opportunity...
...include the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (the U.S., the Soviet Union, Britain, France and China) as well as Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. After a formal opening, the conference would break up into small, bilateral meetings, with Israeli representatives meeting separately with Syrian, Jordanian and joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegations. The plan would limit the role of the Soviet Union and would probably rule out the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization unless the P.L.O. agreed at long last to renounce violence and recognize Israel's right to exist...
...some of Khashoggi's business interests flagged, his somewhat quixotic interest in diplomacy seemed to rise. He came up with the idea, in 1985, of bringing Palestinians and Israelis together for peace talks through a steering committee of American, Egyptian and Jordanian officials. Later he accompanied Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Hussein when they visited the U.S. in 1985. Khashoggi proposed a $300 billion fund to develop the area, a kind of Marshall Plan that would serve as an incentive for peace negotiations. Late in 1985, using his DC-8, he visited eight heads of state...