Word: stripping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this month, the Secretary noted that both plans 1) envision real peace for Israel, with normal relations with its neighbors, 2) recognize the necessity of detailed security assurances for Israel, 3) propose a five-year transition period and some sort of self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, though there are major differences about what form such a government would take...
...sticking point, in both cases, involves the future of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. Israel's plan would grant a limited degree of self-rule to the territories. Despite U.S. pressure, Jerusalem has refused to commit itself to giving eventual self-determination to the 1.1 million Palestinians living in the regions...
...chasm of disagreement between Jerusalem and Cairo on the future of the West Bank and Gaza Strip continues to block a possible Middle East peace agreement-much to Washington's dismay. At his press conference last week, President Carter pledged that the U.S. "will not back off" from its determination to work for an Arab-Israeli settlement. He also categorized as "very disappointing" the Israeli government's refusal to concede that sovereignty over the West Bank and Gaza will ever be relinquished. The President then observed, disapprovingly, that Israel had also "rejected an Egyptian proposal [on the territories...
...proposal for the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
...deadlocked debate over the future of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, there is considerable merit in the arguments on both sides. Israelis have legitimate worries about security, while there is a growing world consensus that the Palestinians have a moral if not a juridical right to a homeland of their...