FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks: 1977 December

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V. 28 Dec 77 N 7 , ISRAEL
I said these words to U.S. President Carter and also to Egyptian President as-Sadat.
We have a right and a demand for sovereignty over these areas of Eretz Yisra'el. This
is our land and it belongs to the Jewish nation rightfully. We desire an agreement
and peace. We know that there are at least two other demands for sovereignty over
these areas. If there is a mutual desire to reach an agreement and to promote peace
--what is the way?
Should these contradictory demands remain, and should there be no answer to the
collision course between them, an agreement between the parties would be impossible.
And for this reason, in order to facilitate an agreement and make peace, there is
only one possible way. One way and no other: to agree to decide that the question of
sovereignty remain open and to deal with people, with nations. That is to say,
administrative autonomy for the Arabs of Eretz Yisra'el; and for the Jews of Eretz
Yisrarel--genuine security. This is the fairness that is inherent in the content of
the proposal. And in that spirit the proposal was also accepted abroad. [indistinct
interjection from the floor]
With this plan, as well as with general rules I am going to present now about the
settlement of relations between Israel and Egypt, to be specified in a peace treaty
between the two countries, I left for the United States to visit President Carter and
present him with both parts of our peace plan.
The second part, namely, the rules for settling the relations between Egypt and Israel
in the context of the peace treaty is:
Demilitarization: The Egyptian Army will not cross the Jiddi-Mitla line. Between the
Suez Canal and that line the limitation of forces agreement will remain valid. The
Israeli settlements will remain in place with their full complement. These settlements
will be linked to 'Israeli administration and jurisdiction. They will be defended by an
Israeli force. I repeat this sentence, for a reason. well known to all members of the
house: They will be defended by an Israeli force.
For an interim period of several years, IDF forces will be stationed along a defense
line in the center of Sinai, and Israeli airfields and Israeli early warning stations
will be maintained until our forces withdraw to the international border.
Free shipping in the Strait of Tiran, to be recognized by the two countries in a '
special declaration designating the strait an international seaway that must remain
open to the free sailing of ships under any flag, will be guaranteed either by a UN
force, whose withdrawal will be impossible except by consent of the two countries and
by an unanimous decision of the Security Council or by joint Egyptian-Israeli military
patrols.
I went to U.S. President Carter with these two parts of the peace plan. I had a
personal, private talk with him,. and he expressed, both in that talk, *as well as in
the talks of the two delegations, the Israeli and the American, a positive appreciation
of the plan. On Saturday evening, at the second and concluding meeting, the U.S.
President declared that this plan constitutes a fair basis. for peace negotiations.
A positive opinion about our plan was also expressed by Vice President Mondale, as
well as by Secretary of State Vance, by the. president's adviser for national security
affairs, Professor Brzezinski, and also by the renown and exalted and influential
Senators Jackson, Case, Javits, Stone and our dear friend to whom, Mr Chairman, on
behalf of Israel's Knesset I111 today send wishes for a rapid and complete recovery,
none other than Senator Humphrey.