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...Begin and senior members of his cabinet, the payoff on Carter's gamble was still in doubt. "A treaty is within our grasp," the President had told Egypt's parliament Saturday. Sadat agreed, saying that "we have had a very fruitful talk." But both leaders cautioned that some issues remained unresolved as Carter headed for Israel. Arriving there just as the Jewish Sabbath was ending, he was greeted at Ben-Gurion Airport by President Itzhak Navon and Premier Begin, who gave him a warm embrace. Said Carter: "I have good reason to hope that the goal can now be reached...
...meeting lasted far beyond the two hours allotted, and a kosher lunch had to be brought to the Cabinet room. When he emerged from the session, Carter admitted: "Important issues remain to be resolved." Said Begin of the talks: "very serious, very friendly." Earlier the Israelis had been saying that they were ready to accept cosmetic modifications by Sadat to the original U.S. proposals. A senior Cabinet member remarked: "Here a change, there a word?as long as these changes are not substantial?it will be okay with us." But there were also warnings that Begin would not yield...
Even if a settlement on the U.S. compromise proposals can finally be worked out, several other problems will still remain. Among them: guarantees to Israel that its loss of the Sinai oilfields would not deprive it of an adequate oil supply, and a timetable for the exchange of ambassadors between Cairo and Jerusalem. Also to be determined...
...That support has not been forthcoming, despite pleas from Washington and Cairo. Saudi Arabia views any Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty as essentially bilateral and insists that only a comprehensive settlement involving all the confrontation states holds any real prospect for peace. In the meantime, Saudi economic and foreign policies remain a force for moderation in the area, a contribution that the Saudis believe goes unappreciated in Washington. As a result, the long, close friendship between the two countries has undergone a severe strain...
...Komiteh's main concerns, as Kani sees it, will remain "security and the arrest of holdovers from the former regime." Such seizures have been authorized by a Khomeini-appointed revolutionary prosecutor. The ultimate power, however, lies with the shadowy Islamic Revolutionary Council, whose membership has never been divulged; Kani refers to it as "the acting parliament in the absence of a parliament...