Word: palestinian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Connally first startled the political establishment three weeks ago with his maverick call for "Palestinian self-determination." He said that in exchange this might win Arab promises of stable oil prices. He also suggested that the deal be policed by U.S. military power...
...unusually candid TV interview, Dayan stated his own version of the type of policy Israel must follow if it wants progress on the Palestinian problem: a unilateral withdrawal of Israeli military government authorities from the West Bank and an evacuation of Israeli military forces from Arab population centers. Dayan proposed that the responsibility for municipal issues be transferred to local Palestinian councils even before the autonomy talks are concluded. That was clearly not a policy that appeals to Menachem Begin or the hawks in his Cabinet and so Dayan walked...
First, he continually uses the terms 'Palestinians' and 'PLO' interchangably. The PLO is a terrorist organization which is alleged to represent the Palestinian people. Yet one wonders how much of the support that the PLO has at all is genuine, if they silence any and all dissension in their ranks, as in the case of the Palestinian religious official in Gaza who was shot 27 times last spring only because he intimated that may be the peace treaty might not be such a bad thing...
...privately...resigned to accept...Israel's existence as a fact of life." That is simply not the case. He evidently is referring to Arafat's acceptance of UN Resolution 3236, which the SCLC says recognizes Israel's right to exist, but in fact does not in any way. The Palestinian National Covenant of the PLO still calls for "armed struggle (as) the overall strategy" (Art. 9) and the "total liberation of Palestine" (Art. 21). wre these the slogans of an organization which wants peace...
Israel has time and time again expressed her desire for the resolution of the Palestinian problem. To that end they have been and still are meeting with Palestinians to discuss various solutions. They cannot however negotiate with the terrorist PLO, whose bargaining strategy continues to be murdering women and children in market places and schools.Jeremy Benstein Amy Wolfson '82 Harvard-Radcliffe Zionists Alliance