Word: rabin
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...Rabin does not follow former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan's post-1967 belief that Israeli military superiority alone will win peace with the Arabs. Nor does he agree with former Prime Minister Golda Meir that "there are no Palestinians...
...Rabin recognizes that the Palestinian problem is real and must be dealt with," says the ministry official. "He admits to the feasibility of a Palestinian state in federation with Jordan...
...Rabin has made it clear that he is willing to make withdrawals in the Sinai in return for Egyptian political concessions in the nature of a non-belligerency pact or a demilitarization of the territory. Withdrawal in the Golan Heights presents a more difficult problem because of the great tactical advantage the Golan Heights would give to the Syrian army, traditionally the most virulently anti-Israeli of the bordering Arab states...
...West Bank solution will also be more difficult than a Sinai accord for political as well as strategic reasons. In order to entice Mafdal to join the government coalition. Rabin promised that "the people would be consulted" before any territorial concessions were made in the religiously important West Bank. Public opinion is sharply divided on the issue...
Likud takes a much harder line on negotiations with the Arabs. It demands a peace treaty in return for Israeli withdrawals, and believes the Rabin policy of piecemeal withdrawals in return for minor political concessions will only give the Arabs a greater military advantage in the event of another war. Likud is also more strongly against withdrawl in the West Bank or Golan Heights than is the Labor Alignment...