Word: processing
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...unprecedented isolation as well as Carter's decision to call the summit is an indicator of the urgency with which the U.S. views the stalled Middle East peace process. The momentum begun ten months ago by Sadat's dramatic visit to Jerusalem had slowed to a virtual halt. To rekindle the peace initiative and avert a deterioration that could lead to war, Carter invited Begin and Sadat to Camp David. For the first time, the President said, the U.S. would become a "full partner" in seeking to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. "My hope," he added, "is that...
...also learned that the Israelis have sensed an improvement in the personal relations between Begin and the two other leaders. Begin, it was said, became more open and less suspicious that his two counterparts were hopefully awaiting his political downfall in order to go ahead with the peace process. As a result, the Israeli leader is said to have concluded midway through the summit that the Egyptians were serious about peace with Israel...
...this would depend on the informal contacts between the parties. The three leaders' aides mixed casually over meals and drinks at Laurel Lodge. Walks through the chestnut, oak and hickory woods provided other opportunities for the kind of personal interaction that Carter hoped would contribute to the peace process...
...Israel to withdraw from the occupied territory in return for what he regards as substantial security arrangements. These proposals, which the Egyptians are billing as "a new peace initiative," have an undisguised dual purpose. They just might succeed in breaking the log jam that has stalled the peace process. But if they are rejected by the Israelis, it could bolster Cairo's argument that Begin is the primary obstacle to peace. Sadat, in fact, is believed to have come to the U.S. convinced that Begin is less interested in a peace agreement than "in having a greater Israel...
...sources, who asked to remain anonymous, said the language being drafted is designed to be broad enough to gain the approval of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin as well as to draw Jordan eventually into the U.S.-led peace process...