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...foreign forces withdraw from Lebanon, the question will then be whether the new government of Amin Gemayel, who was elected only two weeks ago, can effectively reconcile the Christian and Muslim communities that have been at odds since the beginning of the civil war in 1975. Unlike his brother Bashir, who was assassinated only nine days before he was supposed to take office, Amin remains an unknown quantity. Though perceived as weak and inexperienced, Amin should benefit from his record as a conciliatory figure in Lebanon's fractious political world. While Bashir attempted to impose Christian supremacy in Lebanon...
...take a drubbing in Lebanon, have not found any diplomatic opening to re-establish themselves as honest brokers or benevolent mentors in the region.) Thus the U.S. has been handed a rare opportunity; it can play an active role in persuading Israel, Syria and the P.L.O. to withdraw quickly from Lebanon. The U.S. can also help Lebanon rebuild not only its devastated capital but its political institutions and its army...
...told the Israelis that the key question was: "Are you willing to withdraw from the occupied territories and honor Palestinian rights, in exchange for adequate security assurances, including an internationally recognized peace treaty? If not, Egypt will eventually turn away from the peace process, and the full power of the Arabs, and perhaps world opinion, will be marshaled against...
...arguments became sharper and more heated. I said that an Israeli commitment to withdraw was imperative, but that I was not trying to specify how much. I insisted that the interim proposal to let the Palestinians have full autonomy be as forthcoming as possible, with maximum authority for the 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...
...turned again to the Sadat paper, saying that it would force the Jews to become a minority in their own country, that it smacked of the Versailles treaty and that Sadat wanted peace with an Israel that would be not only vulnerable but doomed. He would demand that Sadat withdraw the proposal. I said, "Sadat will never withdraw his proposal. Any of us should have the right to put forward anything we desire. This paper may also represent a Saudi perspective, which Sadat has to accommodate. You can be equally effective in rejecting the paper by saying it is unacceptable...