Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Middle East, however, even peace has its risks, and they may prove to be substantial. At the very best, a Cairo-Jerusalem accord can only be a first step toward a general reconciliation of Israel with all its Arab neighbors. Central to this reconciliation is a resolution of the Palestinian question. In seven Arab towns on the West Bank, Palestinian crowds greeted last week's news with jeers and barrages of stones. Israeli troops in Halhul impetuously fired into a crowd, killing two demonstrators, one of them a 17-year-old girl...
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...
...treaty between [Egypt and Israel] will have a tremendous potential." The only completely sour notes were heard from some of Sadat's fellow Arab leaders and the Kremlin. Protested the Soviet Communist Party daily Pravda: "This is an abandonment [by Sadat] of the defense of the interests of the Palestinian people...
West Bank and Gaza. Negotiations on Palestinian self-rule on the West Bank and Gaza Strip will begin one month after the treaty is ratified and be completed within twelve months. Elections of Palestinian local councils, the first step toward self-government, are to be held promptly, though no date is specified. One month after self-rule is working, Israeli military forces on the West Bank and Gaza will be withdrawn behind Israel's 1949 borders. There will then begin a five-year transition period, during which the final status of the West Bank and Gaza will be negotiated...
...event, the bill will not come in time to help the Government in the FBI case. Defense attorneys want to bring out classified information that might justify their clients' covert operations (the Weatherman, they claim, was dealing with Palestinian guerrillas, Cuba and North Viet Nam). So far the Government has refused to hand over the information. Last week the judge agreed to try Felt and Miller separately from Gray, partly because they claim that they acted on Gray's orders. It appears that Felt and Miller will go to trial, but since prosecuting Gray would bring out very...