Word: palestinian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptian and Israeli representatives meanwhile met in Alexandria for a sixth-and noisy-round of talks on Palestinian autonomy. The opening session turned stormy when Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Khalil pounded his fist on the table and barked that "good faith" had been "shattered" by the Israeli decision to allow its citizens to purchase land on the West Bank. Israeli Minister of the Interior Yosef Burg sarcastically retorted that the Egyptians were "using a big gun to shoot a small bird...
...Jewish presence in the West Bank," Gazit said. "There are 600,000 free Palestinian citizens in Israel. Why can't there be a Jewish presence in the West Bank...
Gazit believes that as long as the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) continues to commit itself to the destructio of Israel and the right to return to their pre 1948 lands, Israel cannot negotiate with them...
Gazit refused to comment on America's recent encouragement of Israel to accept the possibility of a Palestinian homeland in the near future. He says he does approve, however, of many of President Carter's Middle-East peace initiatives...
Nearly everyone turns out to be a materialist. The Palestinian gunmen are awed and seduced by the farmhouse's plumbing and appliances, and the radical chief is an art lover who decides to demand his prisoners' paintings as ransom. In the book's most amusing turn, crates of Cezannes, Degas and even a Vermeer arrive, and the farmhouse becomes an instant museum...