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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.1 was up early again that morning to work on formulations that might break the deadlock, or at least provide enough incentive to keep both teams in the camp. A sense of gloom and foreboding still prevailed. Sadat's aides had told Brzezinski they were seriously considering leaving, convinced that Begin would never yield on the settlements...
...areas of agreement and requested flexibility on his part. He complained that the U.S. negotiators were all agreeing with the Egyptian demand that the Sinai settlements be removed, and that this was no way for mediators to act. Then he pulled from his pocket the dog-eared copy of Sadat's demands and began once again to delineate its unacceptable portions. I tried to convince him that this was not the final Egyptian position. Begin said he did not see how honorable men could put forward one thing publicly and a different thing privately...
...stated that I absolutely disagreed with him about the settlements, now that Sadat had agreed there would be no attack forces in the Sinai. Instead, there would be 130 km of demilitarized desert between Egypt and Israel. I emphasized that there were no reasons for the settlements to exist after a peace agreement, and that they would be a source of more aggravation and dissension than of peace and security...
Begin implored, "Mr. President, do not put this in a proposal to us." I responded, "Mr. Prime Minister, we cannot avoid addressing the most contentious issues, and this is the one on which the entire Camp David talks have foundered so far. I cannot let Sadat tell me not to discuss Israeli security on the West Bank. I cannot...
...told him I was prepared to face this; the alternative was a deterioration that might lead to a war involving the security of my own country. Political considerations?even the loss of some friendships?were not my paramount concern. I reminded him that Sadat had urged me to be a full partner and that I saw no possibility of progress if the U.S. should withdraw and leave the negotiations to the Egyptians and Israelis, who did not trust each other and often admitted an absence of even mutual respect. I noted that when Sadat had arrived at Camp David...