Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration's push on the Middle East took place against a backdrop of ominous new fighting between Israeli and Palestinian forces in southern Lebanon. This provided an extra note of urgency as the first visitor, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, arrived in Washington after a mysterious side trip for some personal diplomacy of his own. He was followed by his counterpart from the most moderate of Israel's adversaries, Ismail Fahmy of Egypt. This week, when Carter and Vance meet with Jordanian Premier Mudar Badran and Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, the talk may turn tougher. Khaddam...
Dayan provided the new cause for hope during lunch (filet de sole véronique) at the State Department when Vance asked: "What about Palestinian participation?" To his hosts' surprise, Dayan's reply showed some tiny signs of flexibility. He reiterated that Jerusalem remained unalterably opposed to seating a delegation from the Palestine Liberation Organization at the conference. Nonetheless, Israel might accept the presence of pro-P.L.O. Palestinians who are not members of the terrorist group. In response to another question from Vance, Dayan indicated that the Palestinians could be part of a Pan-Arab delegation...
...eliminate this obstacle, Rumania's U.N. delegation-with Arab backing-will propose a resolution in the General Assembly calling for a Palestinian homeland. Kaddoumi stressed repeatedly to Kroon that the resolution would not "modify or replace" Resolution 242. Asked if the P.L.O. demand for an independent Palestinian state meant all of Israel, Kaddoumi replied: "No, a portion. We would settle for the West Bank and Gaza." The Israelis, however, have made it clear that they will not surrender any occupied territory to the P.L.O...
...opinion battle and further publicize U.S. disagreements with Israel on specific issues. Some tough questions might be asked, for example, about whether the Israeli settlements in occupied territory, which Washington considers illegal, are in effect financed by U.S. money. The Administration could also publicly inquire about the treatment of Palestinian political prisoners (current number: 3,200), some of whom have allegedly been tortured by Israeli authorities...
...their talks, Dayan stressed Israel's worries about border security. If Jordan once again controlled the West Bank, he insisted, Palestinian guerrillas might easily slip into Israel to carry out terrorist attacks. The gist of Hussein's reply: "You now control the West Bank. You have your army, police and security services. Have you been able to stop the terrorists? I might even do better than you have done." In the end, Dayan proposed a "functional partition" of the West Bank in exchange for a nonbelligerency treaty. Under such an agreement, the Israelis would maintain Jewish settlements...