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...interested in a broad-based set of panelists or in presenting a real or full spectrum of opinions. Now, however much the composition of the organizing committee might have changed since then (and I understand it has changed some), the final product seems to be perfectly compatible with the framework set up then (or is perhaps even more radical) All of the speakers either support a two-state solution or do not support the existence of Israel at all. There is absolutely no one presenting what might be called a "moderate" point of view. The views of the speakers...
...then had a surprisingly amicable discussion about the framework for peace. On Jerusalem, I told the Israelis that Sadat wanted a separate exchange of letters so that each nation could make public its own different ideas. On the West Bank settlements, we worked out language that no new Israeli settlements would be established after the signing of this framework and that the issue of additional settlements would be resolved during the negotiations. Begin later denied that he had agreed to this, and claimed that he had promised to stop building settlements only for a three-month period. My notes...
...arrived at the White House at about 10:15 p.m. and went directly to the East Room, where our signing of the documents and some brief remarks pre-empted the new prime-time TV shows. The Framework for Peace in the Middle East and the Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty Between Egypt and Israel were two major steps forward...
Unlike Begin, Sadat wanted a firm framework for a permanent peace and was eager to deal with all the specific issues while we were together. He agreed with my suggestion that, once a "framework for peace" was signed, aides could draft a peace treaty over a period of three months...
After much haggling over just what kind of agreements should even be sought at Camp David, the three principals eventually decided to try to reach accord on two separate documents. One, to be called "The Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty Between Egypt and Israel," would deal primarily with ending the recurrent wars between the two nations, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from land in the Sinai seized in the 1973 war, recognition by Egypt of Israel's right to exist and the status of Israeli settlements in the desert. The second, "The Framework for Peace...