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...main hurdle left for the treaty was the approval of Israel's Knesset. Debate begins early this week and is expected to last for a few days. Although rhetorical fireworks are anticipated and Begin is certain to come under blistering attack from the ultra-left and ultraright, there is almost no chance that the measure will fail. The opposition Labor Party leader, Shimon Peres, has already indicated that he will support the treaty, even though by voting against it he might be able to topple Begin's government. Said Peres: "Peace comes before power, and I would prefer...
While the Palestinian problem remains unresolved, the main risk in the Egyptian-Israeli peace is that other Arab states may persist in viewing the 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...
...Begin arrived for breakfast, and Carter offered him Vance's proposals, which were not very different from those that Dayan had been urging the Israeli Cabinet to accept. The main points: ? Israel will drop its demand for preferential rights to buy guaranteed quantities of Egyptian oil if Cairo will sell oil to Jerusalem on nondiscriminatory commercial terms. The U.S. will extend to 15 years the five-year commitment that it made in 1975 to guarantee Israel's supply of oil if that country is unable to meet its needs on the world market. ?Egypt will drop its demand...
...tied to the Soviet Union by their Freindship Treaty of last November, China is clearly acting as the spearhead of a renewed drive by the U.S. against the working masses of Indochina. However, it is the Soviet Union, the most industrially and militarily powerful workers state which is the main target of U.S. imperialism...
There is not much to say, it would seem, for a state whose main contributions to the national culture are seamy politicians, country music, Astroturf, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Dallas Cowgirls--who are of course, the Dallas Cowboys' female cheerleaders, and the first wave of jiggle video to hit the screens of Omaha. And oil and gas. Still, not much reason for Texans to strut quite so much, or talk quite so loud. But residents of Texas, that bizarre man-child of a nation-state on the Gulf, are notorious bitter-enders--examples of mindless Thermopylae-like heroism stud...