FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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the, ae ee true pioneers, they are men of ways love the Gush Emunim people. I lovecurse e an tIe ine I l rer n lo- conviction and of understanding. They mayIsrael has been redeemed . e o them. For selfless love, as you know,
eissan]Mr Prime Minister, several minutes ago you mentioned something about erroneous
interpretations of~this agreemnt on television and in the press In th b ont ertncoud.
-you clarify what is called the rights of... P In this context, could
[Begin] Oh, I shall give several examples, such as: it was said that we have agreed to
have, however, ag dat tere rule r Judaea and Samaria: nothing of the sort. We
hav,hwevr, greed that there willibe point Israeli-Jordarmian gad owthoethe border. This is a beautiful thi oitIreiJrainguards to watch overwill also bear fhi in teuture t and will demand cooperation which is good. Itwie ao Saarfruit in the futurebut we will not introduce any foreign army into
-- defor amaria. The only armyf,that wi be stationed in Judaea and Samaria-and not
uonlyr nyears, but beyond that--will be our army, and it will maintain our national
security: only it, nothing else.
[issan] Allow me only to continu on this note. On this point, during the briefing to
the correspondets here at the siing of the agreement, it was said that the agreement
i.n fact a-nswers the question of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians. Can thisdefinition, in your opinion, be accepted?
[Begin] yes, We have accepted What is called in English legitimate rights, because
eveyone has his own interpretation The word legitimate, which is linked to rights--
>I tried to explain to my hosts at Camp David--has no. meaning, really, because, the Enlstongue is very rich. The two words are of Latin o in so that one canalso sa righnglishrights. This would be a tautolog7, smp n rgin sota n a lo y: ightful -rightso Thi ouldpart itia o satteimplya repetition. So, when we saw that for our hosts
an.d for the other party it is a matter of a feeling of dignity because they have alreadyused that expression, and because it does not change reality, we accepted it, and eveyhas his own interpretation of what the legitimae rght a e it traone
demand is illegitimate, illegal, then we will not r te. If it transpires that any
[Shilon] .As for the treaty 1itkiEytadtescrt suacs e
disclose to us what s aecurityassuranceslehap$ you couldty ssuanessral i1Treciv, i i receives them?
[Begin] We have no security assu.ances., we have never, .and from no element,. asked for
security guarantees I think that the arrangement we have acomplished, proposed andaccepted in the Sinai is based on security Por Israel.h*Therecwillibeetotallyodemilitarized.
zones, where no soldier will be located; there will be thinnedtot areas- y d lcourse, be on guard. We shall secure, freedom of shippin notonlyareat we shall, ogbut also in the Suez Canal; not only freedomso bui not only in the Tiran Straits,.
flag- phis has been proie an coue gods, but also for ships flying the Israeli '
flag~thj hasbee pomised and concluded, and so it Will be, and the arrangement withEgypt is based entirely on security for Israel. o
.] ba as the United States undertaken to establish an Israeli airbase in place of
the bases which we will leave?