Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...negotiators will try to work out a timetable for a two-phased Israeli troop withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. They will also seek to arrange the replacement of the Israeli military rule on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with a local Palestinian administration...
However, in Jerusalem, about 100 West Bank Palestinian leaders met Sunday and issued a statement asking their followers to boycott elections for an administrative council that might be held under the Camp David agreements...
Hussein is presently under pressure from the "Rejectionist Front"--made up of Syria, Libya, Algeria, South Yemen and the Palestinian Liberation Organization--to oppose the agreements...
Observers in the U.S. have noted that Jordan could have a strong influence on the makeup of the Palestinian presence on the West Bank if it accepts the invitation to join the peace talks...
Vance reportedly also told Hussein it was in his best interest to participate in the negotiations called for in the agreements because of Jordan's proximity to the Palestinian entity that may emerge as a result of talk about the West Bank...