FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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I think that the scope and the nature of the task we dealt with contributed to the
fact that all those things that in.a normal and open life cause--what did you call it--disharmony--here, at Camp David there was complete harmony.
[Question] Mr Defense Minster, th you very much. [end videotape]
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[bayan] In the long run there is no difference, that is, there is no contradictionbetweenouir before which i greement. However, it does have elements that
were not tare before, which are not contradictory but which were added to themytnoplan, and second, the contents of the plan at the moment are not the realplan but a framework agreement which will have to be filled with content. t
[Question] Looking at the other agreement, how far is it from the plan proposed bythe prime minister?P prosdbj
s- vis E ne i question which s totally different from our peace proposal
vis-a-is gypt: The Egyptian condition of the removal of the settlements.. They are.talking about the removal of the settlers and not the buildhesetlent Tere.
. in the buildis -adi diint h otebidngs --we are not interestedinm uilings--and in addition to this of the 'Ezyon airfield which we assumed would -
remain a military airfield. From the Egyptian point of view, for this agreement to be-implemented the settlers have to leave, the settlements have to be vacated and the rEzyon.
airfieldmut cease* to be a military airfield. It. can be. a civilian airfield. 'Idoubt ?if this means an Israeli civilian airfield. Perhaps it will be something in between.
Of course when we talk. about the difference between leaving the settlements according to
our basic plan and their removal according to this proposal, thi.s is also accompanied bythe security arrangements that would have had to accompany the settlements wer our plan
accepted--Israeli security arrarge:nts.a
[Question] To what extent are the two documents interdependent and to what extent* does each stand in its own right?
[Answer] This is a question to which I do not know the answer for the time being.
However, since today two separate agreements were signed ,, they apparently do not dependon each other, i the Egyptians are willing to implement the agreement with respectto Judaea and Samaria, even to begin its implementation, that is, to conduct negotiationswithout ma.kingthis dependent on the second agreement--the Sinai agreement--then this ispossible. From a practical point of view I am unsure of how they will behave on thismatter, especially since they would lie Jordan to Join this agreement, and:I do notknow if Jordan will Join So, if Jordan does not Join and the Egrptians do not. showa willingness to behn to ilement this agreement, then there. will 'only be theIsraeli sided-lnle the other side--to which the Palestinian representatives will beJoined-will not be there, Apparently, there are two different agreements: it ispossible to idlemect the agreement with respect to Judaea and Samaria, even if the
Knesset passes a decision not to remove the settlements in the Rafah approaches,. "resulting -in the agreement with Egypt not becoming valid. a -
[Question) As for the application f'the agreement with respect to Judaea and Samaria:To what extent is its application dependent on the degree of Jor'dan's participation?