Word: pan-arab
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...Most Arab reaction was negative, abusive and even violent. Libya broke relations with Egypt and demanded its expulsion from the Arab League. Radio Baghdad called the trip a "Pan-Arab catastrophe" and Sadat himself a traitor. Saiqa, the Syrian-backed Palestinian group vowed to assassinate Sadat for committing "the ugliest treason" in Arab history. Syria declared a day of mourning and lowered flags to half-staff. In Lebanon, where Syrian peace-keeping troops have forbidden protest demonstrations, the ban was lifted during Sadat's trip...
...Arab opposition to the trip was based on three specific worries: 1) Sadat might abandon the Pan-Arab cause and seek a separate peace agreement with Israel; 2) the Egyptian President, by setting foot in Israel, was granting de facto recognition to a state that radical Arabs refuse to accept; 3) in speaking to the Knesset, he was also acknowledging Israel's right to consider Jerusalem as its capital (even the U.S. maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv). Attempting to blunt such criticism in advance of his trip, Sadat last week flew to Damascus to confer with Syrian President Hafez...
...first blow by announcing on Sunday that 64-year-old Premier Menachem Begin-who later in the week was hospitalized with exhaustion-and his Cabinet had accepted that Palestinians, but not known members of the P.L.O., could be present at the opening ceremonies in Geneva as members of a pan-Arab delegation, but only within the Jordanian party. After that, the Israelis would negotiate separately with the Arab states directly involved in the talks -Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Palestinians could attend those talks as members of Jordan's delegation...
...that the existence of the settlements would have no influence on the final drawing of territorial lines-even though Israel has no intention of giving up all the West Bank and retreating to its pre-1967 borders. The Foreign Minister left open the possibility that Israel would accept a Pan-Arab delegation at Geneva, if the composition of its membership could be agreed upon. "Geneva is closer, every day we get closer," he said. Dayan also had kindly words for Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat; both, he said, "do want to conclude peace talks with...
...prove him right, Egypt's Fahmy refused to slam the door that Dayan had opened ever so slightly. Fahmy made it clear that the Egyptians have strong reservations about a Pan-Arab delegation. A member of his delegation explained later: "Eventually we would have to break down into subcommittees for serious negotiations at Geneva, and once again we would run into the problem of persuading Israel to negotiate with the P.L.O. representatives." Nonetheless, among the options not ruled out by Fahmy were: 1) a Pan-Arab delegation that would include Palestinians, some of them...