Word: menachem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Carter flew off from Andrews Air Force Base, after a surprisingly successful White House meeting with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, he had no advance assurance that his trip would not lead to an embarrassing failure. It thus entailed major political risks, both for the nations involved and for Carter personally. If he had to return home without having brought Cairo and Jerusalem substantially closer to agreement, he could be criticized for unwisely raising expectations, for wasting U.S. influence, and for improvising showy moves without any serious plan behind them. Said a Washington-based European diplomat: "It is extremely risky...
...Menachem Begin was adamant. Even before he took off last week for a summit conference with Jimmy Carter, Israel's flinty Premier made it clear that he was not planning any concessions to anyone, anywhere, under any pressure. If he accepted the new U.S. proposals for an Israeli-Egyptian peace settlement, he declared, there would no longer be any peace treaty. "It would in fact turn into a treaty of war," he said. "And war needs no treaties; in war, cannons are needed." Arriving at Andrews Air Force Base 14 hours later, he remained just as stern as ever...
...whom Menachem Begin refused to meet last week, Egypt's Premier Moustafa Khalil, guards his privacy so carefully that he is not even listed in Who's Who in Egypt, but he most certainly does have the authority to negotiate for Egypt with Begin or anyone else. He enjoys not only the support of President Sadat but also considerable respect among both conservatives and liberals in Egypt...
...Israeli mind. In his secret moments the President has examined and re-examined his own attitudes, and he believes fervently that his background and his heart-religiously, intellectually-would never allow him to turn away from Israel. What to do? Speak out in indignation against the intransigence of Menachem Begin? Or quietly go back to Camp David and talk and wait? Even while suffering dramatic domestic political losses, Carter comes down on the side of patience-the essence of courage for these hours...
Dayan's words may have helped balance the apparently deliberate leak within Israel of a harsher version of the government plan for eventual Palestinian "autonomy." The plan, drawn up by a committee headed by a top aide of Premier Menachem Begin, proposed a continuing Israeli army responsibility for both the internal and external security of the West Bank and Gaza. It also endorsed the right of Israelis to settle there. Although only one of several options that will be presented to the Cabinet for approval, the plan raised serious doubts about whether Israel is prepared to give meaningful self...