FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks: 1977 December

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GAZA STRIP DELEGATION TO BE ALLOWED INTO EGYPT
TA052028Y Jerusalem Domestic Service in Hebrew 2000 GMT 5 Dec 77 TA
(Text] Our correspondent Pinhas 'Inbari has learned that Egypt has agreed to allow a Gaza
Strip delegation to come to Cairo to express support for President as-Sadat and his inLti-
ative. The consent was given in a letter sent by the Egyptian ambassador in Amman to the
imam of Gaza, Shaykh (al-Khuzandar). The delegation will leave for Cairo in the next few
days.
Our correspondent also reports that Joirdan agreed that-its people in Judaea and Samaria could
act in support of President as-Sadat in the framework of various actions in the territories.
It was also with Amman's permission that the president of the Moslem supreme council made
the arrangements for President as-Sadat's prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
In contrast, differences of opinion have developed among the mayors who support the PLO in
Judaea and Samaria against the background of As-Sadat's policy. Ramallah Mayor Karim Khalaf
does not accept the explanation of Tu'karm Mayor Hilmi Hanun that the latter was absent
from an assembly of As-Sadat's opponents about 2 weeks ago because he had a cold.
MAPAM GIVES VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN STATE, UNITY GOVERNMENT
TA022105Y Jerusalem Domestic Service in Hebrew 2000 GMT 2 Dec 77 TA
[Text] This evening the secretary of MAPAM, MK Me'ir Talmi, opened the political debate in
the MAPAM council and announced that his party was opposed to a third, Palestinian, state in
Eretz Yisra'el because it would neither solve problems nor create calm in the area. How-
ever, he pointed out that MAPAM did not entirely reject proposals for a temporary or
partial settlement even if they included elements of functional compromise. However, this
would only be on the basis of recognition of the national rights of the Palestinians, con-
cern for Israel's security and a cessation of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank.
The MAPAM secretary warned tt. t his party was emphatically opposed to a national unity
cabinet, and if the Labor Party were to decide on this in the affirmative, a split in the
Alinement was to be expected. '
- USSR Stance, Likud Policy
TA031923Y Jerusalem Domestic Service in Hebrew, 1800 GMT 3 Dec 77 TA
[Text] The MAPAM council says that the Soviet opposition to the direct negotiations opening
in Cairo harms the policy of peace, and this is particularly grave in view of the effort of
the rejection front to organize under the leadership of Libya and Iraq with the intention
of foiling the peace efforts. This was stated in a resolution passed this afternoon by
the MAPAM council, which met in the Kefar Hamaccabiyya in Tel Aviv.
The council demands that the Likud cabinet change its policy completely because there will
be no peace settlements without a clear policy of significant territorial compromise in all
the sectors, wi'th security borders for the. State of Israel and a solution to the Palestinian
problem. The council calls for an immediate halt to the establishment of the showcase and
provocative settlements, as it puts it, of Gush Emunim..It also rejects any proposal to
establish a national unity cabinet.
PRIME MINISTER BEGIN VISITS GREAT BRITAIN
For London PRESS ASSOCIATION and Jerusalem radio accounts of the visit to Great Britain by
Prime Minister Menahem Begin, see the United Kingdom section of the 2 December and subsequent
issues of the Western Europe DAILY REPORT.