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...Palestinians demonstrate their peaceful intentions, the Israeli occupiers will gracefully and gradually withdraw. But the timetable has been speeded up now that the Lebanese civil war has been settled, and Arab states, at least, are once more moving toward broader peace negotiations. Not only in Damascus, Cairo and Riyadh but even in Washington, Middle East observers are now saying that sizable steps toward peace must occur in 1977. If they do not, Palestinian leaders now receptive to a settlement may be replaced by less moderate ones who are still determined to destroy Israel in what they see as the only...
...Star of Riyadh. Despite the strains, OPEC had so successfully fostered a one-for-all front that as the Qatar conference began last week, no one could have foreseen its drastic outcome. Bedecked in flowing Saudi robes and headdress, Yamani, who has a Kissinger-style flair for personal diplomacy, arrived at the very last minute. As he entered the plush Gulf Hotel in the Qatar capital of Doha, which had been completely taken over for the conference and placed under heavy security, Yamani gave a swift aside to reporters: "We are for a six-month [price] freeze...
...also showed our strength at recent Arab summits [Riyadh and Cairo], whose resolutions not only reaffirmed that the P.L.O. was the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, but developed that idea by emphasizing the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state in their homeland. These are major victories...
...prepared to discuss this with the four-party high committee set up by the Riyadh conference: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Syria...
...settlement are better than at any time since 1948-they do not expect a great deal from Sadat's peace proposals, at least for the time being. Said one senior Administration official: "The U.S. at the moment is not a major player. We are encouraged by Riyadh, the effect in Lebanon and the comments of Sadat, but it's very clear it is not the business of this administration...