Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that he would then shrug his shoulders and give up," continues Correspondent Wynn. "He regards the quest for peace as a sacred mission in the most literal sense?as a kind of special fate that he has accepted. The likelihood is that he would go ahead and make his settlement with Israel, leaving those blank spaces on the treaty for the others to sign if they ultimately come to their senses...
...P.L.O. official in Beirut suggests sardonically that the next step will be Israeli settlements in south Lebanon. "Or it may be an archaeological dig," he adds slyly, referring to the illegal Jewish settlement at Shiloh in the West Bank that the Begin government persists in pretending is there for archaeological pursuits...
...primary reason for the invasion, Begin insisted, was to deny southern Lebanon to the guerrillas, though he added that real freedom from terrorist attacks could come only through a peace settlement. The motive was not revenge, he said, because "there cannot be any retaliation or retribution for the blood of innocent citizens." The newly named Chief of Staff, General Raphael Eitan, echoed the same theme when he quoted a line from Hebrew Poet Chaim Nachman Bialik: "Revenge for the killing of a small child has not yet been invented by Satan...
...Administration proposal to sell jet aircraft to the Arabs (as well as to Israel) is a perfect illustration of the degree to which a Middle East peace settlement is in the long-term interests of the U.S. The congressional forces opposing the sale TAR of planes to Saudi Arabia and Egypt have been strengthened by the latest hostilities in the Middle East, and may manage to veto the deal. At the same time, the U.S. is negotiating with the Saudis to expand their petroleum production in the light of the increased fuel needs expected in the 1980s. But such...
...shattering the fragile status-quo. Moreover, the terrorist attack gives some validity to Israeli fears about negotiating with the PLO at this stage. That is not meant to belittle the necessity of establishing a Palestinian homeland on the West Bank. Nor is it intended to imply that an overall settlement at Geneva--taking account of that necessity--is not the ultimate solution to the problem of peace. It does suggest, though, that perhaps the best way to capitalize on the momentum left over from Egyptian President Sadat's "sacred mission" is to move towards an Egyptian-Israeli accord. With prospects...