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...asked Sadat, "Are you willing to act in the administration of the West Bank and to conclude an Arab-Israeli treaty if Jordan is not willing to participate?" He replied, "Yes, we are." I then asked if he was willing to negotiate a Sinai agreement at the same time that a West Bank-Palestinian treaty was being concluded, and he said yes but added, "I will
...sign a Sinai agreement before an agreement is also reached on the West Bank." Sadat was to prove adamant on this...
...tried to calm the group without denigrating Sadat's effort. I wanted to file Sadat's paper and go on to more realistic options, but Begin insisted that we analyze the Egyptian proposals in detail. Sadat used "Palestinian" to mean the Arab dwellers throughout what had been Palestine under the British Mandate, many of whom were now refugees or living under Israeli occupation. Begin exclaimed, "Palestinians! This is an unacceptable reference. Jews are also Palestinians. He must mean 'Palestinian Arabs.' " "Conquered territory! Gaza was also conquered by Egypt," Begin continued. I pointed out that Egypt was not claiming sovereignty over...
...influence on the West Bank. This was the root of Sadat's distrust of Begin's motives, and I admit that I shared the belief that the Israeli leader would do almost anything concerning the Sinai and other issues to protect Israel's presence in "Judea and Samaria." I expressed this concern as forcefully as possible. Begin was evasive. His proposal was that everyone simply live together, with the question of sovereignty to be decided later...
...people who lived on the West Bank and in Gaza. A continuing military occupation and deprivation of basic citizenship rights among the Arabs was unacceptable to the world and contrary to the principles that had always been such an integral part of Jewish beliefs. Begin shifted back to Sadat's proposal and began to analyze it again in minute detail. We were wasting time...