FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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The same applies to IDF forces. It is indeed the 5-year transitional period that is
' primarily and foremost talked of now. However, regarding these 5 years, it is for the
_irst time, and with those signatures and with that testimony of the U.S. President,
determined that the IDF forces will withdraw and redeploy in the areas of Judaea,
Samaria and the Gaza Strip, or, in English--the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
There is no fear and no room for the assumption that what is being- talked of is. presence
ir closed camps. Among the various clauses, not to mention our discussions and our
ma scrutinies, we also find the clause talkin~g of joint :sraeli-Jordanian patrols _or
the safeguarding of the border--not of sitting in carps, but joint pa-rclZ, both Iser:-
and Jordanian border police along the Israeli-Jordanian border. These three p.in.s
then: A. We talk of fAab representation of the residents of the territories only;
1, When we speak of' an agreement with a state we are speaking of Jordan--and it is only
with it that we talk of borders based on Resolution 242, ani the. Arabs of the territri.es.
can join the Jordanian delegation; C. ?resence of IDF forces in thse territories
during the 5-year period and maybe also beyond this.
I view the fact that not only the U.S. President signed this as a witness but also the
president of an Arab state as a party, as. being extremely important. For all the resp.
I have for agreements between us and the United States, when we have such an agreement -
on the issues of : 'No to a Palestinian state; presence of IDF forces; and Arab repre-
sentation of the residents of the territories--an agreement signed by the president of
an Arab state together with the U.S. President's testimony--this is much more important.
The Knesset can endorse or refuse to endorse the proposal submitted by the government.
If it endorses it I believe that peace negotiations will open and if it does not
endorse it, it is possible that in time, when we see, if, we see, the developments of
unity in the Arab world, the behavior of As-Sadat's successor, of As-Sadat himself after
this proposal is struck off the agenda, of renewed Soviet intervention in the negotiations,
- we will be sorry that we have not started the peace neggtiations under the present
conditions--but it will be impossible to do so then, of course.
Begin Add sses Session
TA280218Y Jerusalem Domestic Television Service in Hebrew .001o GMT 28 Sep-7 8 TA
Speech by Prime Minister Menahem Segin during the Knesset debate on the Camp David
agreements--live]
[Text] Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, members of Knesset: At this early hour of,
morning it is hard for me to make a speech. I would prefer to hold a talk with frie-i3
with whom I have been working for more than 30 years now, without any difference of
faction, and in this speech I will possibly do a bit of pouring out of jy soul, for which
I ask your pardon in advance. -
-ow is this night diferent from all the nights, from all the days, from all the evenin-s.
from all the dawns? Despite all the nights we fought and signed cease-fire agreemerts
the state of war remained as it was. Despite all the days we signed cease-fire agreermenut
the state of war remaiaed valid.. During all the periods we signe.d interim.agreements
the state of war renained in all its significance.