Word: palestinians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only a week earlier, a distressed Anwar Sadat had told journalists that he was disappointed and embarrassed by Jimmy Carter's comments rejecting the concept of a Palestinian state on the West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza Strip. But after a 45-minute talk last week in Egypt's southern town of Aswan, the Egyptian and American Presidents once more proclaimed themselves in agreement. Sadat went so far as to say their views were "identical...
Well, almost. No mention was made of a Palestinian state, and Carter avoided using the term self-determination, which Israelis fear would inevitably lead to the formation of a Soviet-supported state headed by Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat. But Carter spoke of the "legitimate rights of the Palestinian people," including the right "to participate in the determination of their own future"-and that was good enough for Sadat. Said one elated Egyptian official: "Our press already is interpreting Carter's statement as self-determination. The Israelis probably will interpret it differently. But if we can agree...
...back to Washington at week's end, Carter sought to take a somewhat more detached position on the whole question of a Palestinian state than he had expressed a week earlier. His own "preference" was unchanged, he said, but the President added that if Israel and the Arabs should agree to such a state (which at this stage Israel would not do), the U.S. "would not object...
...joint declaration calling for Palestinian self-determination would open the way for Jordan's King Hussein to enter the negotiations. Hussein met twice with Carter over the New Year's weekend in Tehran. Though he was opposed to joining the talks now, the King spoke optimistically about bringing even the Syrians into the talks once the Israelis had agreed to the principle of withdrawal from the occupied territories. Ideally, the King would like to see the West Bank rejoined to his kingdom in the form of a federation of Palestinian and Jordanian states under his Hashemite crown...
...Foreign Ministers' meeting, to be attended also by U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, the Egyptians hope to persuade Begin's government to accept the principle of Palestinian self-determination by 1) offering an extended deadline toward achieving it-"Like maybe saying there could be self-determination after Begin dies," says one Egyptian, and 2) agreeing to demilitarization of the West Bank, thereby assuring Israel that its security will not be threatened...