Word: pans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
...seats filled. Yet at minimum, little Laker Airways (eleven jets) has broken the iron grip of the International Air Transport Association (I ATA) on transatlantic pricing* and prodded the industry's giants into offering competitive fares that are lower than they ever thought they would go. Pan Am and TWA actually beat Laker into the bargain-basement blue yonder by eleven days, selling stand-by seating on regular flights for $256 round trip...
...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; its members might include some Arab mayors from the West Bank...
...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...