FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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ISRAEL
One ha to balysready for war one has to be always ready to defend what we belivinroevera has peace can be achieed, this is above everything. I believe that the-ap David in the last 2oeks-Ifor almost a year, the peak of which has taken place at
Caop a vidli n Z~ek. I think" ha this is m r th n the begin ~ing" 6f a wayor accomplishing a different- form and way of e in the Middle East.
estion] you tried to put it in words of your own--you have accumulated to your
credit, I believe, more hours of meetings with the Egyta prsdn hnan te alleader has in th east--does Ep de egytian president th bs other sraeliare still hidden even. in the pesentda dgemr?pecdsiealteotcesht
(Answer] I think it does"[Answern t thi tefe s; I thought so during all the recent months. I expressed my
pinion to that effect on television on the radio and in the press. I think that thegyptian president is really and honestly seeking ad he has, nat hi s ownaspirations desires, demand and problm I h peace. He has, naturally, hi ownte moment we have proof of this. Irobhem I have always believed thisadItikt
of al t e havbemp oof ths IP h e , i n sp i t e o f a p r of h s a v e a n dt i n k vie
ad roblems t get r which I wont go into at the moment t pyand signed together with the Israeli prime minister, and with the blessingnof the U S* President I think this means he is a valiant mani thin it t e lwith him, If the deal is peace, I favor doing business with him. - pays to deal
[Question] Mr Defense Minister, in the course of, the last fe'ots tsesta ohave been the most concilit t feprmonth t e o os
ary in the Israeli leading trio, Have some fyu poas"
indeed been. adopted at the Camp David conference? *eo yu
[Answer I do not accept the term conciliatory I did have my opinion, and I dont think
manner thanthe others. may have expressed dy view in a clearer, louder and more.lucid
the Egptians. It was proved, in act thathere was a chance to reach a settlement withagainst the background ofin Irelain f ith I have been right. All this was certainlycreated, ea s d i my relations with the president of Egypt, the relations I have
craeestablished with my counterpart, War' Minister al-.aai eivewhv ecea turning point in the relations between us and a art of the Arab world eae wethave re hed
or planes. Tere wy o oubt andnot necessarily through the sights of guns, cannonsmpaneaircrThere is no doubt that we shall have to maintain many gunsights, cannons andmany aircraft, before we are assured of the knowledge that thisis indeed the way. Hencethe IDF will have to continue being that IDF it has been for a long time to come,. I h
h o we v e r , I b e l i e v e d , ys i n c e t hper a p s e a b l t g r a d u a l l y r e le nt a l i t t l e A s f o re
be perhaps a ray .of light, the day the the president of Egypt in Jerusalem, that this mayproved that there is a chanceng of a road, and I thinil the Camp David conference
[Question] You are saying that we shall need even more planes and troops to defend theborder of Israel. We agreed to give up one of the airbases s an o ten.y herstand better than anyone else the meaning of an airfield at'Ezyon. oU certainly under-to give up such a field? Y How come y
[Answer] ook, Dan, first of all the term to. youare. in the midst of negotiati - give up is not the right one be
it is not -Ezyon only,- Thers is anotr and take,. you discuss and you consider, and:.iat spaces- o theSii Thers aother field, there are even more fields, there are the
vast spaces. of the Sinai, There are contours aandforms of toi1 between us and the Egyptians. -